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Amtrak to Kansas!
August 17, 2005
Amtrak only goes from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth, Texas. While this enables passengers to go east or west on the Texas Eagle, it far increases the time it takes to get to Chicago from Oklahoma City. If the Heartland Flyer was able to travel up to Kansas, roughly the same distance it takes to get to Fort Worth, it could hook up with another route, allowing for many more travel options. This would most likely turn the 1.5 day trip (via train) from OKC to Holland into a 1 day trip, a vast improvement.
But, until we get more people (politicians) on-board with rail, it’ll never happen. How sad that one of the more affordable means of transportation, and a means that uses far less energy, is so harshly beaten by federal and state politicians. Arg.
If I was to get even more ambitious, I’d propose that the Heartland Flyer extend up to Lincoln, Nebraska as well, allowing the north-south route to connect with three different east-west trains. Hmmm… I don’t know how well the different schedules correlate, but it’s definately an option.
Posted by paul at August 17, 2005 01:58 PM
Comments
Brian said on August 17, 2005 03:13 PMWhenever you are free, would you be interested in riding the Trans-Syberian Express or whatever its called with me? I've been listening to a podcast for the past few days and the Host was in Moscow, then took the train to Mongolia. I want to do it
Paul said on August 17, 2005 03:33 PMI'd think about trying it... I've heard the term, but never had it explained - what's a podcast?
Brian said on August 17, 2005 04:13 PMwell my brother. It is basically a radio broadcast that has been recorded and is available for distrobution on the internet. to be more exact, it is more like a talk-show because legally these podcasts can not play music from major artists on the show.
Recently, iTunes incorporated podcasts in the latest version and things have been taking off from there. It is truly the next step in multimedia. I love it!