Invest In Rail Service - Ideas for Change in America

First I want to applaud Mr. Obama's comment, reported today in France. He said he is proud of American (so am I) and that he is jealous of European Passenger Trains. (I am envious)

High speed Rail is fine, but like babies we need to crawl before we walk. Right now Amtrak, on the national level, is a mere skeleton trying to survive. All current Amtrak routes need at least two trains a day, running 12 hours apart, and the East end of the Sunset Limited, NewOrleans to Orlando should be restored immediately, and made daily as soon as possible, and soon after that additional service on the whole route, or segments of it, should be started.
Lastly, reinstate the Pioneer, Floridian, North Coast Hiawatha, Desert Wind, and several other routes that were politically abolished, even though ridership was high.

J. H. Sullivan, P.E.
(In Florida, Where you can't go west on Amtrak, except by way of Washington, DC) - by Jerry Sullivan