Ahouxp.119 net.railroad utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnss!houxi!houxp!9534hrs Thu May 6 11:05:25 1982 Re: EMD going out of business For those people who travel betwee New Jersey and Washington, DC, I would like to recommend Amtrak from Metropark (Iselin.) I got tired of the long delays, cramped seats and hard landings on New York Air, who provide the bulk of flights between EWR and WDC. The train does it in three hours flat, with bigger and more comfortable seats. And... you get to ride behind a Swedish ASEA electric built under license by EMD! This thyristor motive unit has twice the traction and half the weight of the GE units it replaces, and I am not talking about the CG1's. The Swedes accelerate smoothly and fast. Thr roadbed is improving, but not up to European standards. Try it. you'll arrive less frazzled at a cost of no more than an hour of travel time. Herman houxp!9534hrs ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.