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Don, the routes you cite are only at the very beginning of Amtrak. <br /> <br />The system is much smaller today than it was when it was at its peak, mid- to late 70s - early 80s. <br /> <br />Nearly half of the routes you name are gone. The Pioneer, Desert Wind were ordered to stop by Congress during the 1990s. <br /> <br />The Shenendoah and Hilltopper are also gone. <br /> <br />The last three cited- the MO. and MICH trains - are all state-funded, and all three of those almost went awaythis year, thanks to backwards-looking state governments. Another reason insisting states fund Amtrak won't work. <br /> <br />The system NEVER "sprouted like crazy." <br /> <br />Sprouted like crazy implies there were trains that weren't necessary. That never happened. There has never, under any year or any administration, been enough passenger trains. <br /> <br />The Crescent is the same size because there's no money to buy more equipment. Never has been enough money. <br /> <br />Nor has there been any money to run a needed second train on that same route - one that would run DC-Atlanta in the daytime, serving the large Carolina population. <br /> <br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by oltmannd</i> <br />The "national" network is another story. The original Amtrak map had LESS routes than there are now - much less than in 1979. <br /> <br /> <br />In 1972, there was: <br /> <br />no Adirondak <br />no Lake Shore Ltd. <br />no svc west of Buffalo on PC (no Toronto or Detroit train) <br />no svc between Jax and NO <br />only one route across Montana <br />no Desert Wind <br />no Pioneer <br />no Hilltopper <br />no Shenendoah <br />no Capital Ltd. <br />no Atlanta - Mobile train <br />no Pt Huron Train <br />no Grand Rapids train <br />no KC Mule <br /> <br />The Crescent is a good example. It's roughly the same size train as in 1980 even though the population of Atlanta, Greensboro, Charlotte and other points along the route have doubled in size since then. <br />[/quote]
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