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I keep hearing about short distances, and have seen in print a number of short distances in which a train can compete with the airlines. Yet, from my experience in Europe, it is not the airlines a train is in competition with, it is the automobile! Is it 250 miles, 300 miles, 350 miles, 400 miles, 450 miles, or 500 miles? I think it has more to do with the speed of the train than the miles! Keep in mind the northeast corridor Acela runs is 441 miles, much farther than the 250-300 miles a lot of experts suggest a train can compete with the airlines! In my Rand McNally road atlas chart, the shortest fastest distance (they do not use the shortest distance, but figure in the shortest fastest distance using interstates) is 933 miles. However, if we go through Kansas City in route to Chicago instead of Springfield, it probably is more than 1000 miles. Nevertheless, 900 miles or 1000 miles, if a train can average 150 mph, the trip will last either 6 hours or 6 hours and 40 minutes. Okay, we will go through Kansas City so it will be 6 hours and 40 minutes. The whole point I am attempting to make is that at an average speed of 60 mph, figuring in some stops to eat, gas, plus the roadside park rest room relief, one cannot average 70 mph by car. But at 60 mph average, it would take 16 hours and 40 minutes to drive 1000 miles by automobile. Most people do not fly, they drive. If they can drive the distance in one long day, you can bet your house they can ride a train for 6 hours and 40 minutes! And as far as business is concerned, most businesses write off a whole day for travel. Yes, a whole day, or 8 hours. A day is a day!
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