Holy Moly!!! That's just horrible! Something to think about, for sure ... Jan's airplane invitation sounds much better (there is a small airport about 10 minutes from me)
I agree -- both times I was in Ireland I took their trains everywhere. Incredibly reliable. The US has a ways to go to catch up (soapbox on: the result of cheap gas: soapbox off) Karen > Only a side note about AmTrack. I have taken it skiing to Colorado and on > two other shorter trips. > On the trip to Colorado, the train arrived 6 hours late. On the way back > it arrived 13 hours late! No break downs nor blizzards nor other unexpected > catastrophe. Just waiting for freight trains to pass! > > On two short trips (scheduled 3.5 hours), both were over 1 hour late. > > Amtrak does not own the rails and has to pull over and wait for any freight > trains to pass. Other than the horrible on time record, it was not a bad > ride. Perhaps going East will be better? Having visited Germany this year, > I > was quite impressed with thier train system. If Amtrack could maintain a > decent on time schedule such as in Germany, people would use them more! > > -Bob >
