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Why can't the big class 1s take ownership for passenger service?
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<p>I spent two days on a road trip to the east coast. The total gas for the round trip came to approx. $128 (2500 round trip @ 20 mpg/3.00 gal) Hotel over 100.00, two meals times 4 days driving about $120 and incidentals (Fluids, toliteries etc) less than 50.</p><p>Call it 400.00 and about 5 day's total time lost to actual driving of the required distance.</p><p>Later on, I was to fly the same distance to and from for less than 400- on Southwest and it took maybe half a day to get there and a day to get back. The reason for the day was KBWI, Midway, KSTL, KLIT with about 30 minutes to 2 hours lost between landing/take off at each airport.</p><p>I could get a sleeper on Amtrack for a bit more and do it in two.</p><p>There is always packhound.. uh. Greyhound Bus which is one thing I did several times in course of work related trips and will never ever do again. No amount of money can make up for the lost time between buses, crazy hours and long slow slogging through every single little bitty town off the beaten path.</p><p>Which method did I like best? Airline. I was functional the morning after arrival and rested.</p>
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