Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2008-10-21 Thread Curt Raymond
-0700 (PDT) From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Pretty close, but worse. It is an unmanned station. There is a building, about 90 years old that is locked up...so you

[MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2008-10-20 Thread Curt Raymond
Like this? http://www.hebners.net/amtrak/amtStationB/BensonAZ.jpg Glad to hear Des Moines isn't the only stupid state. My Dad claims the problem is that Amtrak stations are state funded and the states don't see any return on that money or rather they don't feel like they're seeing any return on

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2008-10-20 Thread Christopher McCann
From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 5:05:11 PM Subject: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak Like this? http://www.hebners.net/amtrak/amtStationB/BensonAZ.jpg Glad to hear Des Moines isn't the only stupid state. My Dad claims the problem

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-13 Thread Curt Raymond
Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed you are making me want to go somewhere by train! last time i went anywhere was like 20 years ago, from san

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-13 Thread BillR
Message - From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak he meant coast to coast in florida On 3/12/07, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the 40's you could go coast

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-13 Thread Gary Thompson
My daughter and some of her friends decided they wanted to go to Chicago over spring break last year. They thought the train sounded like a fun way to get there. After 22 hours to get from Dallas to Chicago, they all cashed in their return ticket and flew home. She said it was the most miserable

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-13 Thread andrew strasfogel
Acela has one 'c' and one 'l'. On 3/13/07, Gary Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My daughter and some of her friends decided they wanted to go to Chicago over spring break last year. They thought the train sounded like a fun way to get there. After 22 hours to get from Dallas to Chicago, they

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-13 Thread Curt Raymond
Way to make a nit-picking reply to a post that doesn't have the mis-spelling you're trying to fix. The Acela doesn't run in the midwest, just the northeast corridor. Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:50:27 -0400 From: andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak To: Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-13 Thread andrew strasfogel
corridor. Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:50:27 -0400 From: andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Acela has one 'c' and one 'l'. On 3/13

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-13 Thread Bill Gallagher
Can't remember how long ago, maybe two years or so, King George reduced the maintenance budget on Amtrak or child support to the this railroad Delays and poor arrival, departure times and poor services are expected, but I am waiting for a serious train accident and then a

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-12 Thread Curt Raymond
@okiebenz.com In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-12 Thread Christopher McCann
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-12 Thread andrew strasfogel
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher McCann Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:36 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak Never had a sleeper car. Would have been great from WI to NM, but was $800/person, if I remember correctly. Chris

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-12 Thread Gary Hurst
more fun. I definitely recommend it if you just want to relax. Tom Potter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher McCann Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:36 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak Never had

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-12 Thread Christopher McCann
: Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak Never had a sleeper car. Would have been great from WI to NM, but was $800/person, if I remember correctly. Chris In the 40's you could go coast to coast via train in 24 hours. A lot of progress huh? Gary Hurst wrote: you are making me want to go somewhere by train

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-12 Thread Gary Hurst
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher McCann Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:36 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak Never had a sleeper car. Would have been great from WI to NM, but was $800/person, if I remember correctly

Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-12 Thread andrew strasfogel
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher McCann Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:36 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Amtrak Never had a sleeper car. Would have been great from WI to NM, but was $800/person, if I remember correctly

[MBZ] OT: Amtrak

2007-03-12 Thread Christopher McCann
http://www.wplives.com/operations/passenger/CZHIST_1/czhist_1.html Yes, my mistake. The Zephyr did Chicago to San Francisco in 51 hours. Sorry. :-/ Chris Christopher McCann, happy customer of austerlitzshepherds.com Ohne Zucht keine Leistung, ohne Leistung keine Zucht! -2006 GSD, Anke