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Ed: That joker who posted the $8000/car figure- was me! And BTW it was a figure for Chi-LA, from a Trains article on express intermodal. Not sure where you are going with that table tho- maybe I'm just dense today. 2k pass x $160 = $320k; 1k pass x $320=$320k, etc.... Are you saying $320k is the cost of operations? If so, on what train? Using your stats, I get the following: For 500 passengers. If the average sleeper holds 20 people, you'd need 25 cars. 25 x $8k=$200,000/500p = $400 per ticket. Now that is making a big assumption- that $8k per car will sustain Amtrak/passenger operations cost. We have not factored in locos, much less non revenue generating cars like diners, plus any staff there might be. And if I'm Elvis you're Roy Orbison. <g>
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