tighten your belt............

Mac Cat · 03-08-2022, 09:36 AM

How about just improving the existing crappy rail service ? Its pretty good in the NE, but horrible in the rest of the country. Lumbering, slow, uncomfortable and often interrupted by a break-down and getting put on a bus to complete the trip. A visit to Europe really makes me wonder what's wrong with our country's priorities.

Most of Texas rails are privately owned, making Amtrak forced to pull over when freight comes through late or off-schedule. Worse, there is only one set of tracks.

We have to go to Chicago to get to Denver - takes 2 days.

I just think rail should have been a bigger priority.

03-08-2022, 09:36 AM	#14
Mac Cat Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 750 Thanks: 2,156 Thanked 629 Times in 339 Posts	How about just improving the existing crappy rail service ? Its pretty good in the NE, but horrible in the rest of the country. Lumbering, slow, uncomfortable and often interrupted by a break-down and getting put on a bus to complete the trip. A visit to Europe really makes me wonder what's wrong with our country's priorities. Most of Texas rails are privately owned, making Amtrak forced to pull over when freight comes through late or off-schedule. Worse, there is only one set of tracks. We have to go to Chicago to get to Denver - takes 2 days. I just think rail should have been a bigger priority.