> .  And, we really ought to
> be riding cross-country in coaches pulled by TA-DA -- Diesel-ELECTRIC,
> or pure electric rail engines.  When we get nearly to our destination,
> pick up the rental electric car if public transport won't get us there.
>
> Dave
>
>
>

  Or how bout doing it like some European countries?  Drive your rig up onto
an auto carrying train and go cross country with your vehicle onboard.  We
have a rail system, we just refuse to use it much or take the time to bring
it into modern times.

  All these huge motorhomes that head south during the winter...They could
drive onto flatbed cars and save oceans of fuel.  Mom and Pop could sit
inside and play Canasta all the way to Quartzite..Then drive off and head
over to the RV park burning only a couple of dozen gallons of fuel ...

  When I go long distance for an extended vacation I'd love to not have to
drive...until I get there...if I so choose.  I have done ferry trips in
Mexico where they even let you stay in your camper onboard...why not that on
a flatbed train?..
  Don Hanson