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Except for Denver, Coloardo Springs, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and Tucson, and Alburqueque there isn't much population in the Mountain Time Zone. It seems a waste of Amtrak's funds to provide them with 4 transcontinentals. I still think we are better off just servicing Denver from Chicago. From Denver people can take the ski train, and/or a tourist bus to see the Rockies. That is, if they don't want to drive.... Amtrak should prune these lines, and use their equipment to provide twice daily services instead of the single daily service east of Texas, Denver, Kansas City, and Minneapolis.....And I still believe, we need to move to high speed rail as swiftly as possible. That doesn't necessarily mean 186 mph TGV Thalys. It could mean Talgos and Genesis engines on much improved tracks. If we could get the tracks up to at least 120 mph, much like the northeast corridor, it would be a huge improvement. Maybe I am dreaming about 186 mph, but 120 mph probably could be built along current right of ways, with an investment of building new bridges, for half the price of dedicated TGV lines. Instead of averaging 150 mph, we would probably end up averaging 100 mph, considering the stops. Thus, a 6 hour train ride to Atlanta and Chicago will become a 9 hour train ride. But I still dream about having trains that are the envy of the world, and that is TGV Thalys.
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