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In response to "Also for the record, I'm not particularly outraged over it. " by Dr.Vermin

i would't say outraged, but I'd say that 800M for amtrak isn't enough to do anything meaningful with it.

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Jan 29 '09, 15:16

"If you're gonna have the operation, *have* the operation."

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i dont entirely see the point in saving them anyway. its a novel way to travel, but not economical whatsoever. -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:20 14
- depends on where to/from and how far. - Reagen Jan 29, 15:23 6
  - also depends on what is being sent by rail. People? Chemicals? Shipping containers? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:25 5
    - amtrak is pretty much exclusively people. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:27 4
      - Kind of like (spoiler) - mara Jan 29, 15:29
      - A good point, although it sounded like Guy was railing against rail usage in general -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:29 2
        
        my only anti-amtrak post did mention "travel". cargo is "shipped", it does not "travel" -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:13
        
        nope. and how am i railing? jesus! -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:07
- You don't think we need more mass transit? -- nm - mara Jan 29, 15:22
- It's actually a great way to travel if you're in the Northeast/Mid Atlantic. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:22 4
  - Hellz yeah. -- nm - J.Biden Jan 29, 15:25
  - ah, good point. its pretty useless west of the Mississippi. is my west-coast bias showing? -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:24 2
    - I would think Portland/Seattle would be a good route. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:27 1
      - costs about the same to fly, but takes 3 times as long and has only one per day -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:59
- rail isn't economical? - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:21
I'm going into surgery to have 40% of my tumor removed. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:18

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i would't say outraged, but I'd say that 800M for amtrak isn't enough to do anything meaningful with it.

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