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re: High Speed rail between SF and LA cancelled
Posted on 2/12/19 at 6:01 pm to upgrayedd
Posted on 2/12/19 at 6:01 pm to upgrayedd
quote:Ebbandflow should be looking to ban him for spreading disinformation
It's your contention that Exxon and GM grease the palms of Amtrak in order to make them less efficient? You should go hang out in the Q thread, brother
Posted on 2/12/19 at 6:08 pm to Taxing Authority
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Ebbandflow should be looking to ban him for spreading disinformation
I mean, it couldn't be that there is limited track availability, could it? No way. Must be a conspiracy.
Posted on 2/12/19 at 6:13 pm to upgrayedd
quote:I mean... why would the auto industry pay off Amtrak? I suppose it is possible GM is paying off “Smith and Sons Buggy Whip Co.”, too.
I mean, it couldn't be that there is limited track availability, could it? No way. Must be a conspiracy.
No need to “pay off” a transportation provider that hasn’t been competitive with your product since the late 1940s.
This post was edited on 2/12/19 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 2/12/19 at 6:16 pm to Taxing Authority
Probably paying off Keds to not make comfortable shoes suitable for walking the whole trip too
Posted on 2/12/19 at 6:25 pm to upgrayedd
quote:f*cking Big Oil!!
Probably paying off Keds to not make comfortable shoes suitable for walking the whole trip too
Posted on 2/12/19 at 6:26 pm to CelticDog
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You can drive it for much less time. 8 easy with pit stops and a camera opportunity. I've been passenger in 5 hour runs.
I've taken Amtrak a few times in California...every time the fricking train was 5 hours late...had to make pit stops to let other trains pass..."we have a train coming in an hour, so we basically have to pull over and wait."
I took the Amtrak Coast Starlight from Salinas to L.A. and what should have taken 6 hours took 15 hours. 5 hours late, 4 hours sitting on the tracks at different stops.
It's not for commuters - just tourists...it's fun to ride along the Pacific Coast and go through Santa Barbara and Malibu alongside the Ocean but you have to have all day in the world and no pressing time constraints to be somewhere.
Train travel in America for the most part is like Cruise Ship...you're on the train as part of the vacation and not just to get somewhere.
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