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[quote user="conrailman"] Amtrak is talking to UP Railroad running the Texas Eagle Daily from Chicago to LA, CA daily and making the Sunset Limited at  at SAS, TX to NOL, La. a Coaches and lounge car train. But UP wants 750 Million from Amtrak to make the train daily.<img alt="My 2 Cents" src="/TRCCS/emoticons/icon_smile_2cents.gif" />  [/quote] Assuming the point that UP wants $750 million from Amtrak to make The Texas Eagle daily from Chicago to LA, with a connecting train from NO to San Antonio, is accurate (I have not reason to doubt it), what is preventing Amtrak from implementing the proposed schedule improvements with the three day a week service on the Sunset route?  The most recent schedule shows the train adhering to the same schedule, with the awful layover in San Antonio. As I understand it, Amtrak proposed a schedule that would greatly reduce the dwell time in San Antonio. It (the dwell time) is a turnoff for anyone traveling from a point north of San Antonio to a point west of there and vice versa.  It seems to me that Amtrak could implement the improved schedule now, as well as the connecting train from NO to SA, on a three day a week basis until the UP becomes more reasonable about allowing Amtrak to run the train daily. My guess?  Lack of imagination on Amtrak management's part!  Other thoughts please!
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