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  1. Newsgroups: rec.railroad
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!jvnc.net!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!tellab5!jcj
  3. From: jcj@tellabs.com (jcj)
  4. Subject: Re^2: Amtrak List of Trains by # (LOOONG) (fwd)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov18.183139.17365@tellab5.tellabs.com>
  6. Sender: news@tellab5.tellabs.com (News)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: tellabh
  8. Organization: We don't need no stinkin' organization!
  9. References: <Pine.3.05.9211151945.A26182-e100000@uafhp.uark.edu> <TML.92Nov16103137@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi>
  10. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:31:39 GMT
  11. Lines: 17
  12.  
  13. Tor Lillqvist writes:
  14. >Peter Laws writes:
  15. >
  16. >     1 Sunset Ltd.             NOL LAX 136 Comb w/21 SAS
  17. >                   ^^^ ^^^
  18. >
  19. >Why does Amtrak use what I assume are *airport* designators for
  20. >stations? Isn't that both stupid, as trains are supposed to compete
  21. >with airplanes, and misleading, as many cities have several
  22. >airports...
  23.  
  24. I noticed Chicago is designated as "CHI" instead of "ORD" for O'Hare
  25. International  (which I believe came from Orchard Field but that's
  26. a different group...).
  27. -- 
  28.                 jcj@tellabs.com
  29.               Carpe salsa et chips
  30.