New Rail Study

[nkp_174]

That's sad. I'm a big believer in the old adage that "Getting there is half the fun", and I do not understand everyone's obsession with speed. America is a beautiful and historic nation, but you can't see any of it from 30,000 feet.

Back to passenger rail travel: I still do not understand the rational that huge, expensive trains are needed to move passengers by rail. We are will past the technological level needed to produce self-propelled passenger units that could easily share the rails with standard trains while moving people either locally or even across the nation. We seem obsessed with bigger and faster to the detriment of all else.

I understand you viewpoint, but here's a slightly different perspective...

I have a one week vacation. I want to go to visit San Fransisco. It takes nearly 3 days each direction. If I fly, I can chase the NPC, SPC, PCRY, and a number of others in my 5-6 days in the region. If I take Amtrak, I'll spend 5 days on the train (2.5 days out, 3 days back), and have little time on the target.