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      <title>Comments On: On liking Amtrak, or not
    
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      <![CDATA[Like Boxcar Willie, I love America, pretty girls, and trains, but Amtrak is one of the biggest boondoggles around. Throwing more money at it isn't going to make it practical.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[sparky malone]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Amtrak's also very often gross. And loud, and...gah, the whole thing makes me think Eastern Europe.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Jim Loomis]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Thirty million Americans are riding Amtrak trains every year, despite the fact that Republicans have done their very best to starve the railroad to death. Just think what would happen if Amtrak were actually encouraged!
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Amtrak's structured to fail]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[it should also be noted that if an Amtrak train gets in an accident due to the negligence of the freight train company-track owner, Amtrak can't sue the track owner for damages.<br>
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The railway freight companies hold all the cards when dealing with Amtrak.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Alan Solomon]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I've done Chicago-Flagstaff, Seattle-Chicago, Chicago-Denver, Chicago-New Orleans and assorted lesser distances in the Midwest and down the East Coast over the last few years. Also Canada trains, Europe, Australia, Morocco, Japan, etc., etc.<br>
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Comparing U.S. trains with, say, Japan's is like comparing 1950s b&w TV with today's HD.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Larryrand]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Took the SW Limited -- left 7:30 p.m. Monday and was in San Bernardino at 5:30 a.m.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Laslo Putchka]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[if the US funded its trains the way civilized countries do, Amtrak wouldn't "suck".
        
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          Laslo Putchka]]>
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      <![CDATA[Although I've never ridden the Amtrak in the Midwest, I have had negative experience on Megabus. Such as, the driver just decided not to show up with no noticed and riders were stuck outside Union Station after midnight on a Saturday - not exactly reliable.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Jen]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[It is also quite expensive, especially considering the trains are in poor condition and always late. I occasionally took it between Detroit and Chicago when I lived in Detroit.
        
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