> Just let me know! I am currently debating flying there in my twin or taking > commercial.
What twin do you have? Mine _was_ an Aero Commander 500 (not the B model, just 250 carbureted each engine N62515).. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:40:01 EDT > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Transportation to October conference - take Amtrak! > > Holy Moly!!! That's just horrible! Something to think about, for sure ... > Jan's airplane invitation sounds much better (there is a small airport > about 10 minutes from me) > > I agree -- both times I was in Ireland I took their trains everywhere. > Incredibly reliable. The US has a ways to go to catch up (soapbox on: the > result of cheap gas: soapbox off) > > Karen > > > > Only a side note about AmTrack. I have taken it skiing to Colorado and on > two other shorter trips. > On the trip to Colorado, the train arrived 6 hours late. On the way back it > arrived 13 hours late! No break downs nor blizzards nor other unexpected > catastrophe. Just waiting for freight trains to pass! > > On two short trips (scheduled 3.5 hours), both were over 1 hour late. > > Amtrak does not own the rails and has to pull over and wait for any freight > trains to pass. Other than the horrible on time record, it was not a bad > ride. Perhaps going East will be better? Having visited Germany this year, > I was quite impressed with thier train system. If Amtrack could maintain a > decent on time schedule such as in Germany, people would use them more! > > -Bob >
