printman2000
Engineer
Truthfully, Amarillo as a whole does not care. They have never had Amtrak and have not seen a passenger train since 1971. Now, many, many people like the idea of having Amtrak and that option. But hardly anyone here is going to passionately start supporting and idea that may never happen.Things don't just happen by themselves. In politics, things happen because sufficient numbers of people want them to happen and petition those in power until it does happen.
So the question here is, does Amarillo want Amtrak service? Or does it not care?
Sorry, but I disagree with you (and apparently a couple of others). It is too early to begin rallying support for something that may never happen.
Now, I am open to being wrong, but no one here is giving me any reason to believe differently. Remember, it is not like we are trying to get Amtrak to start a route through here. If they come through here it will happen without any local support. At most, we would need to rally support for a place to stop in town. To choose that would require way more information than a few supporters can come up with.