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I could not agree more! Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas wanted to reroute the Sunset Limited from its existing route along Hwy 90 west of Houston to Dallas/Fort Worth and west along I-20. This would at least provide a three days a week service between Dallas and Houston, the two largest cities in America not connected directly by rail. The problem after two years, Union Pacific refuses to give up any of its slots along the routes, either west of Dallas or south of Dallas. Keep in mind, several years ago the Texas Eagle was split at Dallas with some of the train running to Houston daily along the same UP tracks south of Dallas. If the federal government wanted to run a military train to Houston's docks, UP would not blink. But a passenger train, owned by the feds, is given short shift. I am of the opnion the feds should step in, and force the privates to give up slots for passenger trains, whether Amtrak or local commuter rails. The answer that there isn't any more slots is false, the railroad can easily add another track if necessary. FRANKLY, IT'S TIME FOR THE FEDS TO BUILD ITS OWN PASSENGER TRACKS! As for funding, the feds have spent $300 billion on highways and $120 billion on airports in the last thirty years. Amtrak's budget is nothing in comparison.
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