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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 12:24 AM Original message |
I've been riding Amtrak lately. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. I travel a lot from D.C. to NYC and am able to get $49 one way. |
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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. How much would you spend on gas? |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The value of riding the train is so much more than the value of the gas. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 03:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. No. Maybe 1/2 the cost, but the drive is very tiring for me. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Well, it's not just about gas, in my case, especially. The wear and tear on the car. |
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JenniferJuniper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm fortunate enough to be able to take the Acela |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. You are so lucky. The federal government only allows for Amtrak. Well, at least |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. I've traveled by train for thirty years and i love it. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. Or, if the Republicans cut the subsidies, the cost could go up. Nice. The oil |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. I took it last summer |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. My daughter is on the train right now, from Montana to Minnesota cheapest way to go |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 03:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. But if your daughter were driving, you would worry about the ice. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. A prayer for her safety and her sanity. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. I've started taking Amtrak more and more recently |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
10. I dunno. We are taking it as a family in a few months |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
11. And once I'm in town, I love traveling on the streetcars that all cities have |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. I figure what we need is a decent time travel device - |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. DH is taking Amtrak to Florida next week. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
13. But do you get free fondling of your genitals included in the price of your ticket? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 02:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. You have to make friends with the crew for that. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. Love Amtrak |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 02:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Me, too. Atlanta to New York and back |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. Sign up for their guest rewards program |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 03:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I will check into that since I am planning to travel that way rather |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
17. The "Surfrider" train from L.A. to San Diego is so great |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 03:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I've never been disappointed with Amtrak in California |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 04:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. I just wish we had the train to San Francisco. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
19. I take Amtrak from Tacoma to Portland with some regularity |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. I LOVE Amtrak |
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oldlib (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. What is fascinating |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
26. Love the train and would take it often IF there were more and better routes offered. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
27. Amtrak coach seats |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
28. It's a nice ride, but it is too expensive. |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. K&R |
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oldlib (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. Take the "Sunset Limited" |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. I have taken many, many trips on Amtrak. Some long, some |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-02-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. I take it that Amtrak has not become the bloody free-for-all that people predicted? |
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