Wednesday, December 31, 1969 · The Powering America Podcast
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The Heartland Flyer

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Notable quotes

  • The Heartland Flyer just had a record year, carrying a record eighty thousand seven hundred sixty-seven passengers.
  • The irony writes itself. Demand has never been higher. The product is working, and the thing standing between this train and the tracks isn't ridership, it's an appropriation that didn't get made.
  • For people who can't drive, can't afford to, or simply won't, if they want to take surface transportation down to the Fort Worth area, the Heartland Flyer is the one other choice they've got.
  • Lose the train and a lot of those trips don't disappear, they just move onto the highway, into the traffic and the fuel bills.
  • With Texas pulling its share of the money and the long-term future of the whole route in question, the Big Game Train is one of the things that could disappear.
  • The Heartland Flyer is more popular than it ever has been. Oklahoma has paid its share. Texas has not.