Re: (rshsdepot) Bakersfield to LA

["Norm Metcalf" <metcalf_@_attglobal.net>]

What I've heard involves two factors.  Bakersfield to LA is faster by bus
and Tehachapi Pass is congested with freights of both the BNSF and the UP.
Even pre-AMTK the ATSF used buses between LA and Bakersfield to make better
time between LA and Oakland than the SP did.  Myself, in the 1940's and
1950's I preferred the Coast Daylight, the scenery was worth the extra time.
    Norm Metcalf, Boulder CO
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
To: "RSHS Depot" <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 9:36 PM
Subject: (rshsdepot) Bakersfield to LA


> oh please tell me why there is no rail connection/extension of San Joaquin
to the Southland? [the bus connection is as lame as a Coast train that has
to bypass Oregon when they opt out]
>
> Paul
>


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