Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!dufa From: dufa@reed.UUCP (Gruenewdel) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.general Subject: Millions of Americans found torchured... A CURE! Message-ID: <462@reed.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Jan-84 13:50:49 EST Article-I.D.: reed.462 Posted: Thu Jan 19 13:50:49 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 09:05:23 EST Organization: Reed College, Portland OR Lines: 27 I've been reading some horror stories about (that busline whose namesake is a large, white hunting dog) and how terrible rides lasting even only 2 hours were. Well, folks, Amtrak is fantastic. I took a 14 hour trip from Davis, CA to Portland, OR on the 8th of January and loved every minute of it. I've had the pleasure of riding on German and French railroads, but there was something Amtrak had that the others didn't. First of all Amtrak's cars have two levels, which made walking around on the train a little more interesting. Secondly the seats were more comfortable than those found on European trains. I had the luck of having two seats to myself, so I propped up the two footrests and managed to stretch all the way out and enjoy the trees whipping past the window. Granted, the train did not travel very fast (a car could have made the trip in 11 or 12 hours), but being able to lounge as comfortably as I did, while listening to a Bach string concerto on my Walkman, made up for that factor. The cost was only about $20 more than going by bus, but from what I've read I think it was worth it! So hop on the train, folks! Amtrak will die if no one does; then we'll REALLY be missing something! Stefan Gruenwedel _O_ /\_/\ / \ | |