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One train a day doth not a passenger service make. Three trains a day, with a variety of services and stops does. And that's the whole problem. To fund the thing meakly with the status quo will not serve any purpose. Properly funded it could resume a position of importance. <br />The question in the first place is "What does President Bush not understand about Amtrak." My answer, as it has been in other threads, is that railroading, and passenger trains in particular, went out of fashion, more than neccesity. As things turned from the mid 60s when passenger trains were a known commodity, to the late 60s when they were fading, into the Brady Bunch Era of Amtrak, where interest acctually increased, the subject has never been given a realist view, of its potentials, to the American public. <br />Right now I'm afraid the uninitiated American's view of passenger railroading has to do with slow-rolling dinner trains, poorly done theme restaurants, and um-pah bands. So it's easy to label this medium of transportation as a "dinosaur." What would Bush know from a passenger train? He's probably never ridden or even seen one outside of the NEC. He really is your average American when it comes to this topic. <br /> <br />Mitch
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