Re: Union Selling Out Yet Again.

["Rod Gayford" <rjaygee@eisa.net.au>]

LA to San Diego about $55 USD return.  This is cheap in the US.

Cheers
Rod Gayford
<thebaron@nospam.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> What was the price of the fares?
>
> Rod Gayford <rjaygee@eisa.net.au> wrote:
> >  I do not think it is a good idea from a PR point of view to have air
> > conditioned driver cabs yet have the passenger accomodation not air
> > conditioned.  Best bet is for City Rail to give the new Millenium trains
a
> > good shake down and then order enough over a 5 year period to replace
all
> > non air conditioned sets.  Just ridden the new Amtrak/Caltran Surfliners
and
> > they are what is needed to replace the outdated V sets but only electic
> > powered. LA to San Diego is the same as Sydney to Newcastle yet these
had a
> > really swish dinning area and business class with provision to plug in
lap
> > tops etc.  Also rode Sunset Ltd. New Orleans Ltd, SW Chief, Starlight
Ltd,
> > Empire Builder and CZ buts that another story.
>
>