Story is here.VICTORVILLE, Calif. — On a dusty, rock-strewn expanse at the edge of the Mojave Desert, a company linked to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to build a bullet train that would rocket tourists from the middle of nowhere to the gambling palaces of Las Vegas.
Good point, but there is precedent that refutes the statement. Many people drive every day to take the Auto Train, and they drive even more after they get off the Auto Train."It's insanity," says Thomas Finkbiner of the Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver. "People won't drive to a train to go someplace. If you are going to drive, why not drive all the way and leave when you want?"
That brings to mind, how about an Auto Train type operation on this line? Since it's a day trip of a few hours, they would not necessarily need sleepers. Though if they did run a longer trip out of Los Angeles, an overnight trip might be possible as well.