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Mike: <br /> No one makes enough money to charter Amtrak. This seems publicly clear by now. I hardly speak to anyone, anywhere who isn't a little taken with the actual notion of rail travel; they just haven't had any real way to connect with it, thanks to the above mentioned. <br /> Even twenty years ago, the capacity for people of like mind to link was significantly near zero. But, perhaps because of my background, the main use I see in the expanded communications we now enjoy is to get things done; not to wrangle with some Beltway bozo. <br /> Yes, I make things. I believe I also mentioned excruciating detail, but one is sensible of abusing Tom C.'s hospitality here and of plaguing you with more than you want about weight/power distribution, power application curves, surface cohesion vs. induced magnetic drag and late, late in the game: aerodynamics and operator/information/system/interface. <br /> Generically, then ,for the moment, my usage requires two vehicles. Both hybrid (like those track maintenance pick-ups in concept) and linkable excursion cars have, along with GPS and radar heads-up display, standard auto 'plants modified to methane or one of its cousins. I'm done, and then some, with petroleum. The cost isn't just dollars anymore. <br /> John Bradley
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