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Amtrak didn't end the service to Houston off the Texas Eagle because it wasn't full like their other trains. Amtrak ended it because the tracks were so bad, and the UP dispatchers so indifferent, Amtrak couldn't afford to wait for the train any longer in Dallas. On top of this the diner went to Fort Worth and San Antonio, which means there weren't any breakfast or lunch diner income northward, or dinner diner income southward. I suppose one would have to starve on the train between Dallas and Houston. And you call this service? One could bet better service on a canoe down the Trinity River. However, track and dispatchers are besides the point of this thread. With Texas being the second largest state in population in this country, Amtrak should be serving Texas better than Illinios, and New York. Sadly, that ain't the case. Our service in Texas is no better than Nebraska. And Amtrak did put into service the Heartland Flyer to Oklahoma City from Fort Worth, the wrong twin city going to the wrong city in the wrong direction...... Ah, yes, Southwest flies to OKC too..... Not running a direct route between two huge cities with a metropolitan areas of over 6 million each some 240 miles apart, is stupid and dumb..... And if you ever been to Texas one might assume all the trains are headed in the wrong direction, there should be a link with the Mexican railroads at Laredo to go to Monterey and further south, to Mexico City! Possibly this is the second most important route Amtrak should put into service, there's 100 million Mexicans south of the border..... At least the cruise lines have a hint......
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