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Remember John Kneiling's "ship train" concept? You put a passenger coach or two (for the crew during off time) with the lead units, tack on an extra fuel tanker or two, and have the crews work 12 hour on 12 hours off, 10 days on and 10 days off (or something to that effect), just like ship and riverboat crews do. That way your train can run through unnecessary stops like crew changes and refueling, and you don't have to ferry crews back and forth, and there is no train stopping out in the middle of nowhere due to a crew going dead (they just change with the new crew on the fly). <br /> <br />How much more difficult would it be to tack on another coach/sleeper or two for regular passengers willing to stay on board non-stop from terminal to terminal (e.g. Seattle to Chicago)? If this somehow could result in a Class I claiming "passenger service" for the sake of kicking Amtrak off the home rails, maybe it would fly. Imagine a non-stop mixed hotshot running at passenger speeds. How much time would that knock off the current intermodal schedule cross country?
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