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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by BaltACD So everyone discounts today's Acela Service on Amtraks NEC. Fast, Frequent That is PASSENGER service. Todays passenger wants to get THERE and he wants to go in HIS schedule. That is passenger service today. All the choices of yesteryear are admirable, but yesteryear ended years ago. [/quote] I believe the question asks what our opinion of the top services ever was. This implies the past where the services in many of our opinions and experiences dictate those references. I like Acela. For the same reasons you point out. HOWEVER...It's operation can be embarassing at times with delays, and I feel as an old timer that a First Class seat is a single, revolving, reclining chair, one on each side of the aisle, and a diner with real cuisine. I can remember when I was on the CNW, before Amtrak, that if you caused a delay of any sort to an intercity train, you had to answer in-depth about it. And the CNW hated passenger trains. But they felt that service was still a reflection on their management. Now a days delays are acceptable to a degree and therefore Acela can't, in my opinion, rate as tops. Good, but not great. It does have the potential for being great but there's a lot more, parlor chairs and diner excluded, that must go into it. Mitch
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