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To: meyer
I would really like it if a non-subsidized railroad could get me and my vehicle from Cleveland, Ohio to Orlando, Florida in 6-8 hours at a price competitive with the airlines.

1. You want the train to carry your vehicle and expect it to price compete with an airline which does not?

2. Doesn't government funding of air traffic control and airport construction count as a subsidy?

BTW I once heard from a railroad employee that there was a train on the east coast that carries personal vehicles to Florida. I don't know if it is still running.

18 posted on 08/25/2007 4:54:38 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: wideminded
BTW I once heard from a railroad employee that there was a train on the east coast that carries personal vehicles to Florida. I don't know if it is still running.

http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Route/Vertical_Route_Page&c=am2Route&cid=1081256321200&ssid=136

29 posted on 08/25/2007 10:12:18 PM PDT by JohnLongIsland
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