Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seth... ++++++++++++ > Mitch, there are so many inaccuracies it is hard to know where to start. No inaccuracies, Seth. You didn't experience it; they did. And they wrote a lengthly letter to their congressman about it as well. Too bad you have such a hard time believing it. ++++++++++++ > What train does Amtrak run from San Jose through a Montana snow storm to get to DC? Dunno the name and route, but they went up the coast to Portland, then cut across Oregon, Washington and Montana, North Dakota, then cut across down to Chicago. Route can be traced at the following link: http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/national.pdf I'm sure if you call Amtrak, they'll tell you the exact schedule. And in case you don't know, snow can fall any time of the year in the Rockies. ++++++++++++ > San Jose Amtrak station was closed? Please, Mitch. Take your patronizing tone elsewhere, Seth. I never said the San Jose station was closed. I said they originated from the San Jose area. The Salidas station is the one closest to their home [just south of San Jose] and is the one that was closed. They were told afterwards that it is closed one day per week due to the current budget crisis. ++++++++++++ > There is no train that runs from San Jose to the east coast. Grandpa would > have ridden on at least three Amtrak trains. They all ran out of food? They ran out of food once before the Chicago stop and once before arriving at Pittsburgh. ++++++++++++ > In the past five years I have ridden in Amtrak sleeping cars on the Lake > Shore Limited between Chicago and either New York City or Albany ten times, > between Chicago and either San Francisco or Los Angeles six times and this > April between San Antonio and Chicago. I also ride Amtrak between Albany and > New York City on average six times a month and between New York City and > Washington D.C. on average six times a year. Big deal; so what. That makes you an expert on the *entire* Amtrak system? ++++++++++++ > No Amtrak train I've ever ridden has ever run out of food nor have I ever > heard of an Amtrak train "running out of food." The last time they came out [summer of 1997], all the riders on the train were given $25 dollars cash and were told to find their own meals at a stop in North Dakota because the train had run out of food. They wrote a nastygram to their congressman after that trip as well. ++++++++++++ > What a San Jose to DC train was doing wandering around the north country, > I'll never know. Neither will Amtrak. Must have been a different trip. Maybe by different people. You obviously don't know what you're talking about. Hard to see reality when your vision is obsured by your navel. ++++++++++++ > Amtrak takes care of its own. Yes, Amtrak does experience delays caused by > weather. And a blizzard can obstruct tracks. Yes, as I would expect them to take care of their customers. ++++++++++++ > Your right, Mitch, I've never heard of a plane trip being delayed by a > blizzard or a weather front coming in. Oh shoot, I just remembered Buffalo > airport being completely shut down for four days a few winters ago. Your snide point? I was not saying the weather delays were Amtrak's fault; just that delays and unexpected events happen on the rails as well. ++++++++++++ > Amtrak does sell out space. If they stopped over in Pennsylvania and hadn't > booked in advance a bedroom for the intended day of departure, that's not > Amtrak's fault, it the fault of Grandpa's SO. No; Amtrak OVER-BOOKED and denied them the berth they had rightfully paid for in advance and correctly scheduled. I saw the tickets myself and heard the apology from the ticket master in DC. ++++++++++++ > If they had first class tickets, I simply don't believe this. Given your very > clear errors and your obvous zeal for Amtrak, I have the very powerful > mistrust of the rest of your *facts*. Again; tough to see much from the view out your navel. You weren't there and you didn't experience it. ++++++++++++ > .....obviously Amtrak's fault. Didn't say that. However, it was Amtrak's fault that they couldn't [or wouldn't] tell us why the train was so late coming into Union station. ++++++++++++ > I don't believe this either. Tickets are computer-generated. I saw the ticket myself. The ticket master in DC said the error was on Amtrak's end. They make schedule changes around the time changes in the spring and fall and it happens more frequently than they like to admit. Jeez, can you see *anything* out that navel? ++++++++++++ > .......obviously Amtrak's fault again. Didn't say that. ++++++++++++ > Mitch, your animus against Amtrak reeks. Does Amtrak make mistakes? Of > course. But give us a break, pal. Your ignorance reeks, and I'm not your pal. Good bye. /Mitch /Mitch _____________________________________ Mitch Zeissler E-mail: zeissler@directvinternet.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html