tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post7541373296050483129..comments2024-02-29T03:29:52.934-05:00Comments on A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago: Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-66261798506779371422012-04-15T21:18:58.626-04:002012-04-15T21:18:58.626-04:00Pretty sure that, historically, the hub at Chicago...Pretty sure that, historically, the hub at Chicago was about getting things (cows, pigs) to Chicago rather than getting people away.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-72576561737164072112012-04-15T20:51:29.064-04:002012-04-15T20:51:29.064-04:00but insert list of things in Texas that make absol...but insert list of things in Texas that make absolutely no sense *here*Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-89657541321878834882012-04-15T18:23:49.617-04:002012-04-15T18:23:49.617-04:00Oh, that's really cool.Oh, that's really cool.KCosmonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-75807228110920824612012-04-15T02:05:19.515-04:002012-04-15T02:05:19.515-04:00I'm also finding it impossible to look at this...I'm also finding it impossible to look at this map without having songs run through my head. I've already followed the train from Chicago through Kankakee down to the City of New Orleans and found the Danville train where Virgil Kane worked before they drove Old Dixie down.J.O'Connornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-63666215158784678872012-04-15T02:02:29.296-04:002012-04-15T02:02:29.296-04:00And what's with Atlanta? How can the biggest...And what's with Atlanta? How can the biggest city in the Southeast, founded as a railhead and transportation hub, not have more than one Amtrak route? On the map, it's no bigger than the presumably aptly named Picayune, MS.J.O'Connornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-18570432031947544022012-04-14T23:29:11.440-04:002012-04-14T23:29:11.440-04:00That there's no train service between Houston ...That there's no train service between Houston and DFW makes absolutely no sense. The baseline rail is there, and it could be a 3 hour train ride, which marketed well (a la the NE corridor) could follow I-45 and relieve traffic both air and car between the cities.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-689343018334671442012-04-14T18:03:55.971-04:002012-04-14T18:03:55.971-04:00This is as appropriate a time as any to link to So...This is as appropriate a time as any to link to Soul Coughing's "Brooklyn Girls By Train," even if Mike Doughty doesn't want me to: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-yO1odyOtk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-yO1odyOtk</a>isaac_spacemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-20861858249689062312012-04-14T17:05:23.639-04:002012-04-14T17:05:23.639-04:00I'm not saying I would use this as a travel me...I'm not saying I would use this as a travel method, just astounded that my littlw hometown has a direct if SUPER slow route here.Heather knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-51234414355172319622012-04-14T16:44:32.376-04:002012-04-14T16:44:32.376-04:00I thought the same thing! Great minds...I thought the same thing! Great minds...Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-40303338425486586002012-04-14T16:18:22.300-04:002012-04-14T16:18:22.300-04:00And that's assuming the train isn't delaye...And that's assuming the train isn't delayed when the freight trains take priority on the tracks.Joseph J, Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-22471369664842860222012-04-14T15:59:04.046-04:002012-04-14T15:59:04.046-04:00It is cheaper to take Amtrak from Chicago to my ho...It is cheaper to take Amtrak from Chicago to my hometown (Pasco, WA) than to fly! Also you can take a single train the whole way. You have to take a minimum of two planes. Of course the trip takes about 5 times as long (42 hours vs about 8 assuming an average layover at Seatac, Denver, or Minneapolis).Heather knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-69915123444037402672012-04-14T15:19:23.929-04:002012-04-14T15:19:23.929-04:00Heh. Considering how useless Amtrak is out here, ...Heh. Considering how useless Amtrak is out here, it's kind of darkly funny that Chicago is the center of the map.Joseph J, Finnnoreply@blogger.com