>
>>
>>> No need, when we have 500mph airplanes.
>> What's the average speed to the destination Ag?
>
>Depends on distance. Usually, anything under 300 miles is a wash with
>driving it.
>
>The current Amtrak system is actually pretty reasonable, except it bypasses
>many of the key locations along the way. In Iowa, the podunk town of
>Creston is on the Amtrak route, but Des Moines is not. Burlington is
>connected, but the Quad Cities is not. Cedar Rapids? Iowa City? Ames?
>Nope. But towns of 6000 people are. But that's what happens when you lease
>capacity on a freight/bulk rail system. Throughout most routes, Amtrak only
>runs one train a day in each direction. In the high-density corridors they
>run more, but most of them are not running at convenient times.
>
>Omaha, Nebraska is a good example of this. The westbound train to Denver
>comes through somewhere around 11 pm, and the eastbound is around 5 am. In
>McCook, it's not uncommon for both east and wesbound trains to arrive at
>the same time. In the middle of the night.
>
No Amtrak service here in Phoenix either, You have to go to Flagstaff or
Casa Grande. Try to imagine a European city of 25,000 or more without rail
service. They would overthrow the government.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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