On another forum I frequent, somebody suggested that the answer to Amtrak's financial woes is to put a steam engine on the front of a train once a month. Amtrak is the Inter City of the US and all long distance routes have one train per day at best - some are three times a week only. Because of the low quality of US track and overcrowding on the rails, these trains often run late and patronage is low. Hence the financial problems.
The question is: would you want to sit inside an air-conditioned modern(-ish) car with a chuffer up the front? Would it make any difference to your experience (would you even know it was hauled by a steam engine, being encased in a steel box)? Would it make you want to ride that train more than one diesel hauled?
Geoff M.
The question is: would you want to sit inside an air-conditioned modern(-ish) car with a chuffer up the front? Would it make any difference to your experience (would you even know it was hauled by a steam engine, being encased in a steel box)? Would it make you want to ride that train more than one diesel hauled?
Geoff M.