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Subject: Re: Rail tour of the US Posted on: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:15:34 EDT

Bill in Schenectady, Upstate New York wrote:

The
> problem with the US rails isn't lack of demand. It's lack of
> dependable and rapid service.

Well, hello from another "Bill in Schenectady".

You're certainly right about "lack of dependable and rapid service", but
that has been true of US railroads almost since they began. I personally
experienced MANY late trains and missed connections back as far as the
late 1940's.