People in the Northeast would also be well-served in these discussions by knowing that Amtrak falls into that same description in other areas of the country, es

People in the Northeast would also be well-served in these discussions by knowing that Amtrak falls into that same description in other areas of the country, especially the Southeast: where everyone smokes and drinks from brown bags, the shared rail means lots of stops, and stopping for hours because of a stalled car on the tracks is entirely too common.