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Houston Area Amtrak

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Steve K.

I agree passenger train travel can be fun, based on a trip I took long ago when Amtrak was new. I vividly recall eating in the dining car - white tablecloths, freshly cooked vegetables - while the world went by just outside the window. Not just clouds as with air travel.

But ... I don't consider train travel in the Houston area a practical choice. Too few options, compared to, say, London with its vast system. And now this result of hurricanes:

http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/news_releases/more/2005/09/


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