Regardless of how one feels about the HS Rail situation, I'd like to provide a link for anyone who would be interest in the passenger rail situation in our country that includes both pro and con opinions and may also include not only sensible postings, but some not-so-sensible postings as well. In otherwords... reader beware! The link is:
http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/inde...hopping-block/
Also, I did agree with the original poster plus I am an Amtrak supporter, but my opinions stems not from politics, but from personal experience. For instance, my son lives in LA and I live in upstate NY. (as well as The Villages now) I cannot fly and driving that distance would be quite a physical discomfort with an unreasonable and unacceptable length of time to make the trip and return. That means, but for Amtrak and their Handicapped Accessable bedrooms, I would never be able to visit our son in CA. I'm fairly sure that there are probably many others that would be in the same or similar situations as I am.
But dispite all that, it does not mean that my opinion about HR cannot be swayed with the correct argument being presented. In that light I did find a posting at the same website as above that does a good job of giving me pause to think about the feasibility of the ORL>TPA HS plan. Click this link:
http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/inde...ost__p__275058
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