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[quote user="henry6"] But Sam, you continuously use Texas as an example!  And you conintuously extend that example to the rest of the system.  Then you say not to take it as anything more than an example.  Therefore it is time for you to use someplace else as an example.  If I were to take the ticket offices at NYP, Newark, Philly or D.C. as examples all the time, and extending them to every Amtrak desk in Texas you'd be all over me.  So lets stop using Texas as an example of all of Amtrak just like we don't use NYP, Newark, Philly, or D.C. as examples of all of Amtrak.  How about telling us the total number of station workers at each location; at stations being served by one round trip weekly, two rt's trains weekly, three rt'strains weekly, then one rt daily, and so forth.  Then you can make your point with facts we cannot refute.[/quote] If you had read my post clearly, you would have seen estimated numbers, based on personal knowledge, i.e. I know the number of agents in Dallas, Fort Worth, Temple, and Austin, stemming from Texas, that are applicable to the long distance and 12 of the 28 State Supported and Other Short Distance Trains.  I never suggested that Amtrak's traffic levels would apply to Penn State, 30th Street Station, etc. I gave you my estimate of the number of station workers at each location in Texas.  There is every reason to believe that the same estimates would apply to Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha, etc., again as examples.  Obviously, the metrics for New York, Philadelphia, and Washington would be different.  Applying different market numbers, i.e. New York, Philadelphia, with numerous train movements a day, to Dallas and San Antonio, would be inappropriate.  .  You consistantly making sweeping statements without any data to back them up.   No matter how one slices and dices the numbers, Amtrak's long distance trains, as well as nearly half of the State Supported and Other Short Distance Trains, are inefficient.
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