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"AN AMTRAK EXPERIENCE: May 22-23, 2015"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

A major problem with AMTRAK is the ridiculous labor contracts they enter into. Those people are well paid and there is no competition.

8:14 PM

Blogger Doom said...

Airplane versus train? Actually, if they haven't brought TSA in, I'll take the train. Actually, if Amtrak would be competent enough to create a route generator, and I could be sure that if the time was off, another train would definitely be available, I might consider train versus driving. I'm still checking on that. I'd prefer idiot employees who get the job done, don't care about someone smoking, don't need smiles and niceties or handholding, I don't take offense at stupid, rude, or useless, so long as I get to my destination at a reasonable cost and don't have to wonder if my goods or jewels will be molested in the process. I can take care of myself.

Sure, I'd love to see the government out of the train and bus business. The businesses would probably be gone, but that's fine too. I'd love to see the government out of every business, especially the ones that would otherwise go away. But apples to apples, unless TSA is now involved, train is preferable unless you like being just another animal to be inspected at random (while they ignore the realistic threats). Probably just drive. My route is too convoluted, by train, perhaps. Otherwise I'd have to back track through Cali over several states, then on to my destination. Not sure I'd see any savings over driving, of time or money. Not sure I can trust a train to still carry on if times are missed. Can't even get a route generated so far, other than I know there is one.

Though, I would like to check prices. There are places I might visit by train. This article actually brought the topic of train travel up, as an option to flying and driving. I've not seen Cali, really. But only on a straight up and back, without connecting, I think... so far.

5:31 AM

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