by njtmnrrbuff
The Mojave Desert is not an area where you want your car to break down. Once you get past Victorville when you are heading east on the 15 or Historic Rt. 66, you are in no mans land. Barstow probably has services but make sure that they are honest as Barstow isn't the best city for anything bad to happen. Once you leave Barstow heading northeast, there are probably no services for a very long distance.
Back to the proposed train service to Vegas-it would be better if the train started out in Downtown LA since it is more of a hub for other train routes and Amcal Bus routes. Of course, a whole new right of way would have to be built through Cajon Pass. There is no way that the train will be time competitive with the automobile or even the bus if it runs on the existing transcon over Cajon Pass. Hours of time will be added to the trip. Virgin trains is supposed to be an intercity operation, not a commuter operation. Many people using the train would probably be coming from the Greater LA area. Having Virgin(US) start out in Victorville would be like saying let's have Amtrak heading to Boston start out in New Haven, making Amtrak passengers who live in NYC to drive to New Haven.
Back to the proposed train service to Vegas-it would be better if the train started out in Downtown LA since it is more of a hub for other train routes and Amcal Bus routes. Of course, a whole new right of way would have to be built through Cajon Pass. There is no way that the train will be time competitive with the automobile or even the bus if it runs on the existing transcon over Cajon Pass. Hours of time will be added to the trip. Virgin trains is supposed to be an intercity operation, not a commuter operation. Many people using the train would probably be coming from the Greater LA area. Having Virgin(US) start out in Victorville would be like saying let's have Amtrak heading to Boston start out in New Haven, making Amtrak passengers who live in NYC to drive to New Haven.