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Re: How about just a slow train to Las Vegas ?
Author: me
Date: 08-04-2011 - 07:04

Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> The Union Pacific has gotten away with not hosting
> Amtrak service from LA to Las Vegas

What are you basing this opinion upon? Three years ago, TRAC hosted a conference in San Diego. Among the guest speakers was Richard Phelps---VP of Amtrak. He stated that there were ZERO ZIP NADA interferences from the UP to have an Amtrak passenger train from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. It was APPROVED. The desert tortoise issue was moot as that issue was solved. UP gave a green light to passenger service. So why were there no trains? Simple---Amtrak could not provide any. Their reasoning was twofold: 1) No equipment, and 2) no personnel to staff them. So I'm not sure why you are blaming UP for not hosting Amtrak service to Vegas, because that is flat out wrong.

> The UP was granted perhaps
> one of the most lucrative cash cows in the history
> of American business, and yet they get off without
> providing passenger service over the very main
> stem made possible by Federal Land Grants!

Are you for real? So in your opinion, since a company is successful, that means that they must cater to railfans by providing novelty transportation to a place that has flights departing basically every hour from the LA area to Las Vegas? Sorry, but UP is a private corporation and if it doesn't make money and they don't want to do it, then that is perfectly acceptable.

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  How about just a slow train to Las Vegas ? Pdxrailtransit 08-03-2011 - 13:08
  What about the traffic on the LA&SL? mvs 08-03-2011 - 14:10
  Re: What about the traffic on the LA&SL? Pdxrailtransit 08-03-2011 - 14:26
  Re: What about the traffic on the LA&SL? david vartanoff 08-03-2011 - 14:37
  Re: What about the traffic on the LA&SL? Mark 08-03-2011 - 14:53
  Re: What about the traffic on the LA&SL? Rich Hunn 08-03-2011 - 15:09
  Re: What about the traffic on the LA&SL? George Andrews 08-03-2011 - 16:01
  Re: Train fantasies Fortunate Foamer 08-03-2011 - 19:20
  Re: Train fantasies BOB R 08-03-2011 - 19:41
  Re: Train fantasies Rich Hunn 08-04-2011 - 06:23
  UP Shareholders ? Pdxrailtransit 08-04-2011 - 10:10
  Re: How about just a slow train to Las Vegas ? me 08-04-2011 - 07:04
  Re: How about just a slow train to Las Vegas ? oye 08-04-2011 - 10:15
  Don't Get Your Hopes Up Mr. Know-It-All 08-09-2011 - 07:21


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