From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Peter Schleifer"  wrote in message   
   news:pc3d6addvnd4vqpgtk5fv4fe1hd9ul00f4@4ax.com...   
   > On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:36:41 -0500, "conklin"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>"Stephen Sprunk"  wrote in message   
   >>news:m42shg$18k$2@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >>> Trains have the option of adding more cars, which is both more flexible   
   >>> and more cost-effective than replacing small planes with big planes.   
   >>   
   >>  I rather suspect that the slots cannot be increased in the Washington-DC   
   >>corridor, or even to Boston.   
   >   
   > Which is not relevant to the option of adding more cars to existing   
   > trains running in the same slots.   
   > --   
   > Peter Schleifer   
   > "Ignorance is easy and you get it for free"   
      
   It is relevant to increasing the number of humans who can travel between   
   Boston and NYC.  The increase in capacity is due to air carrier policy, not   
   the lack of runways.  How many new cars can Amtrak put on the corridor to   
   increase capacity?   
      
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