> Why argue about an extensive rail network if even big cities like Houston and Dallas don’t have rail? Because the topic at hand is Amtrak, the U.S's national

> Why argue about an extensive rail network if even big cities like Houston and Dallas don’t have rail? Because the topic at hand is Amtrak, the U.S's national long-haul rail network, not the local mass transit operators of Houston and Dallas. This is why I contrasted the relatively useful short rail lines in Ontario, and in particularly their most useful legs, with long-haul rail networks like Amtrak and Via.