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Increasing Empire Builder capacity ?
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<div>"If the Empire Builder dies, part of America's heritage dies, because part of Glacier National Park dies with it. I suspect that those "who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing" would not care, and they'd likely not care if the national parks ceased to exist, either."</div> <div></div> <div>Where is the evidence to support this claim? What percentage of the people who visit Glacier National Park arrive on a once a day train. Again, don't confuse Amtrak's data regarding station activity. It shows people getting off and on the train for each station. Presumable most of the people who get off the Builder at one of the stops serving Glacier National Park get back on the train or depart via another means. Unless, of course, they are eaten by a bear. [:D] Thus, the true activity is half of what Amtrak shows in its fact sheets, i.e. if one person gets off the train and gets back on at a later time, that is one customer using the train to and from a station..</div>
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