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I never thought of that. I have ridden the Sunset Limited and Empire Builder trains, and neither have the 37 tunnels the California Zephyr has. But I think Colorado could fund a local as well, if we funded high speed rail from Chicago to Denver. I have seen the ski train in Denver. The biggest advantages of a high speed rail network will be frequency. Imagine what the 18 trainsets Amtrak uses on the hotel trains, Empire Builder, California Zephyr, Southwest Chief each have 6 trainsets, as does the longer distacne but every other day Suset Limited, could do with frequency on the other lines today. Look at how many trainsets it would take to achieve a frequency of every two to three hours on these high speed lines I proposed. Its 900 miles from Dallas to Chicago. Today the Eagle consumes 4 trainsets, with the same 4 trainsets averaging 150 mph, we could have a frequency of every three hours in between Chicago and Dallas instead of a daily going in each direction. With 6 trainsets, an additional 2 trainsets, we could have a frequency of every two hours. The same can be said of the others. For example, with two trainsets Chicago to Minneapolis would achieve a frequency of every two hours. With four trainsets Atlanta to Miami would achieve a frequency of every two hours. With six trainsets New York City to Chicago would achieve a frequency of every two hours. Are you getting the picture? As I said, we would not need any sleepers any more. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to choose which train to take to get to Chicago in about 5 hours time from Dallas: the 8 am, the 10 am, the 12 noon, the 2 pm, the 4 pm, and the 6 pm everyday instead of what Amtrak delivers today, a train arriving 3 hours late in Dallas in both directions........ Almost half of Amtrak's service today is in the night hours. Look at what time Amtrak arrives today in Spokane, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Charlotte, Cleveland on the Lake Shore Limited, etc., etc...
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