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Letter: Too bad Amtrak is a thing of past

Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001 | 9:27 a.m.

How ironic it is that the desperate travelers waiting in long lines for a bus ticket or rental car did not have the option of taking the train. Our entire rail connection with the East was discontinued several years ago.

A rail passenger car seats twice as many as a bus in smooth-riding comfort, but passenger trains are old-fashioned, aren't they?

Maybe our country's transportation system ought to be added to the many things that need to be rethought in the near future.

D. E. SCHMIEDEL

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