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To: Little Joe who wrote (149551)	11/11/2010 10:06:19 AM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541702

From what I can see people don't use the trains that we have now, Of course not because we put no money in them so we have awful trains that are slow and don't hardly serve anyone. That is not the case in the rest of the world; most of the industrialized world has great train service and people use it.

To: Little Joe who wrote (149551)	11/11/2010 10:19:40 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 541702

"Your concept that we subsidize oil through the military is interesting. " There is no doubt about this. Gulf War 1 is all you need to cogitate on. Transporting goods by electric rail is 18x as energy efficient as by long haul trucks. As for passengers, Americans and their trains Oct 16th 2010, 23:16 by N.B. \| WASHINGTON, DC AMTRAK, America's government-owned passenger rail company, has had a good recession. Ridership and ticket sales have steadily increased—presumably as people realise that comfortable seats, city-center-to-city-center travel, and less security theatre are all good things. Amtrak's fiscal year 2010 continued the trend. The company carried 28.7 million riders, up 5.7% from FY 2009, and revenues from ticket sales were $1.74 billion, up 9% from last year. Almost 40% more people rode Amtrak this year than did in 2000. economist.com a more local example... Posted: Oct 19, 2010 11:40 AM PDT The number of people riding the Amtrak Blue Water Line from East Lansing has gone up by almost 15 percent this year. That's according to the Amtrak consolidated ridership and ticket revenue year-end report. Amtrak's Blue Water Line connects nine Michigan cities from Port Huron to Chicago. All three of Michigan's Amtrak routes increased ridership by a combined 23.6 percent for the month of September compared to the same time last year. wlns.com