Frank sez: ...
> I was watching the trains along the main line PRR on Sunday. > There was more traffic on the rail than I have ever seen. > I assume that fuel prices are producing this. Pherhaps it is > time to purcase some rail road stock. > > Frank Z My wife and I were planning on flying out to Denver in August to attend the World Science Fiction convention - DENVENTION. (One must maintain some kind of presence within the science fiction commuity! ;-) ) Round trip airfare from Madison to Denver was quoted over $500 for an individual ticket, the cheap seats of course. We're taking Amtrack. If we went coach the cost would have been about half the current air fare, maybe even less. We're actually traveling by car down to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and directly hitching the train from there, as compared to going through Chicago. Unfortunately Amtrack doesn't go through Madison, Wisconsin. We decided to go in style, paying a little extra for our own private room. It's still significantly less than the air far. The down side, the train ride will take a leisurely 13 hours. Not a problem. I bet we're not the only couple seriously reconsidering traveling habits. Mongo like choo coo. Why didn't Mongo think of choo choo before. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
