> From: Scott Loveless > > On 5/23/09, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I like railways travel. It's very civilised - by far > the most enjoyable way > >> > of travelling long distances. > > > > Obviously, you have never experienced Amtrak - the airline > of the railways. > > It's not that bad everywhere Amtrak runs ... > > Still, it doesn't make sense that every other country in the > world seems > to be able to figure out how to get passenger trains to go > where they're > needed, pretty much when they're needed, in a fairly efficient > expeditious, affordable manner, but we can't do it in the U.S. > > Rail travel was the treat of my 2004 visit to Scotland. All the major > cities and many of the minor ones were connected by rail. > > Of course, they also had comfortable, convenient inter-city > bus service > as well.
If it's any consolation we moan like hell about the service you admire, complaining that there aren't enough trains, they're too expensive, they break down too often, they're not steam, they're not electric, they don't levitate or move at 1,000 km/h, the service is poor, the stations are filthy, the sandwiches curl, nobody shuts up, nobody talks to anyone else, there's a suicide every 5 miles, the snow is the wrong type, the leaves on the track are too wet, the windows don't open, the air-conditioning doesn't work, the heater's broken again, there's not enough bike provision, the station staff are surly, you can't find the station staff, the buffet's closed, the whole line has been turned into a cycle path, there aren't any sleepers any more, the toilet doors open spontaneously, there's a chav in the first class compartment, someone's always sitting in my place. Twenty-two minutes late, Joan - escaped puma at North Chessington. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
