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Article: Amtrak draws record ridership: Riding high, despite funding, scheduling issues
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- September 8, 2007
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ABOARD AMTRAK'S LINCOLN SERVICE - The Illinois cornfields whizzing
past Mark Hardacre's view from the Amtrak cafe car had nothing on the
memorable splendor the Australian had already taken in on his trans-
America adventure - the Pacific Ocean so vast and blue off
California's coast. The emerald green of the Northwest forests. The
majesty of the snowcapped Rockies.
But the cheery man from New South Wales was breathless about
seeing a couple of things he'd not seen in his three previous Amtrak
treks across this nation's rails over the past two decades -
Americans seeming to outnumber tourists, and far fewer empty seats.
"It's good to see the Americans starting to use their trains,
because if ...
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