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[quote user="Dakguy201"] The California Zephyr has not run east of Denver for two or three weeks now, although I believe it is scheduled to resume shortly.  It would be interesting to study what effect, if any, its absence has has on the communities along the line.  Also, Amtrak was bussing Zephyr passengers to/from the Chief in Colorado, and I wonder what numbers chose that alternative.   [/quote] In a few of instances it may have been a hardship.  But not many.  For most communities it would have had the same impact as the failure for a once a day long distance train to show-up in Abilene, Big Spring, Midland, Odessa, and Monahans.  Oops, come to think of it, it has been decades since a passenger train stopped at any of those communities.  And they are doing just fine. Just think what would happen if the airlines went down for two or three weeks.  Or the highways were closed for a similar period.  It would be a major hardship.  But few if any folks outside of train buffs would miss the shutdown of the long distance trains.
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