the government of these United States should not be involved in the railroad businessBut it should be involved in building highways and runways and airport security?
You can't imagine crossing the Mississippi at sunset in a viewing car, until you've experienced it.
the trouble with Amtrak for me is that I can get a round trip plane ticket to San Jose from KC for around 200 bucks. It is a nonstop flight and I get there in 4 hours. With a train it takes 24 hours one way and is almost 500 bucks.