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re: Did you know you can own your own private rail car & attach it to an Amtrak train?
Posted on 11/4/22 at 1:05 pm to Saint Alfonzo
Posted on 11/4/22 at 1:05 pm to Saint Alfonzo
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ETA: My bad, 5 dollars a mile, that's $17,000. I would probably still do it.
Can charter a business jet for about the same price
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Posted on 11/4/22 at 1:08 pm to iPadThai
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only ~100 private cars in operation in the US, they are extremely expensive (~$300k+) + Amtrak charges ~$5/mile.
Expensive? Costs much less than my jet.
Posted on 11/4/22 at 1:13 pm to Cosmo
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Can charter a business jet for about the same price
Right. So plane or train, it all depends if you want to be across the country in six hours or six days. I don't see how traveling by private train car is any more expensive than tooling around in the Madden Cruiser.
Posted on 11/4/22 at 1:37 pm to Saint Alfonzo
Bill Gates rented an entire passenger train once. Travelled all over the western part of the US.
Was not an Amtrak train btw. He chartered the entire thing and paid the railroads to run it.
Was not an Amtrak train btw. He chartered the entire thing and paid the railroads to run it.
Posted on 11/4/22 at 1:58 pm to iPadThai
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Amtrak charges ~$5/mile.
Something... something... something... obscene, excessive profits... mumble.. mumble...
Strange that Uncle Joe hasn't mentioned this when berating the petroleum companies about profits. I thought he knew a lot about trains after having collected over a million miles of train travel between DC and Delaware/NJ.
Posted on 11/4/22 at 2:01 pm to iPadThai
Where does one go to buy/order a train car? Asking for a friend.
Posted on 11/4/22 at 2:06 pm to aduke05
quote:https://ozarkmountainrailcar.com/railEquipmentGrid.php?category=Passenger%20Equipment
Where does one go to buy/order a train car? Asking for a friend.
Posted on 11/4/22 at 2:41 pm to iPadThai
Getting "telescoped on the Tensaw bridge just north of Mobile" has always been my safe phrase. I'm not gonna tempt fate. Imma hafta pass.
Posted on 11/4/22 at 3:27 pm to SidetrackSilvera
Now I can finally be the Bond Villain.
Posted on 11/4/22 at 4:51 pm to BuckyCheese
OK, I thought you were still out there on the rails. I retired last year so I won't get a vote, but I sh see some backtime $$.
Posted on 11/4/22 at 4:57 pm to iPadThai
Are you allowed to sleep in it when it’s parked? Like could it potentially just be your permanent house?
I saw that video of the old lady that just lives on a cruise ship.
I saw that video of the old lady that just lives on a cruise ship.
Posted on 11/4/22 at 4:58 pm to Cool Hand Luke
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OK, I thought you were still out there on the rails. I retired last year so I won't get a vote, but I sh see some backtime $$.
Loved running trains.
Hated all the other bullshite that went with it. And it's worse now.
Posted on 11/4/22 at 5:37 pm to BuckyCheese
Yes I know. I left as soon as I turned 60. Wasn't sticking around and put up with that bs.
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