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To: DUMBGRUNT

Amazing! When I was in Germany 50 years ago, I traveled everywhere by train, and only once was a train late, and that was for only 15 minutes. By contrast, when I rode on Amtrak, they were usually late, sometimes by as much as 14 hours.


21 posted on 07/06/2024 9:51:54 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

—”By contrast, when I rode on Amtrak, they were usually late, sometimes by as much as 14 hours.”

I rode Metra into downtown Chicago for many years, mostly during inclement weather.

I have few complaints except for the loud talkers on cellphones, and I’m hearing impaired.

A few times each winter the doors would freeze open in extreme cold, but then the loud talkers would move to another car.

Most, but not all sounded like Arabic.


33 posted on 07/06/2024 10:54:42 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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