me Wrote:
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> 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.


Don't let facts get in the way of a foamer. Especially when it involves the UP, where blatant unfounded hatred precedes any sort of research and common sense.