It sounds good in theory. Just for the sake of argument,let's say you have everybody on the same page and you decide to run an excursion. The railroads do not want to tie up one of their busy main lines (60-100 trains per day) for an excursion. That takes several big cities out of the mix. Go out to another location where you can get the traffic windows you need,but the locomotive you want to use is too heavy for the bridges...so you have to use a smaller locomotive from further away than you had hoped,plus getting all the cars there for your run. You have to secure fuel,water,crews to run the engine,places to tie the engine up overnight( unless you are just flush with people and you can just keep going). Once you figure out all those costs you have to price the run which will include all those costs plus what I have not mentioned. By the time you figure out all the costs you are going to have a pretty good sized train to deal with to make any money....and is the locomotive you are going to get going to be able to handle the tonnage? All these things are considerations for this lease fleet.....and all the cars are going to have to be Amtrak approved which can be expensive if the cars are only going to be on a trip or two a year. If you were going to do it,you would need a pool of several locomotives, as few as 10 or as many as 20, and at least 60-70 cars Amtrak approved ready to go. You are going to have to negotiate with the regionals,short lines, and the Class Ones to arrange the deadhead moves,insurance,etc. It would take someone with much motivation and people skills and railroad knowledge to get it done....but I believe it can be done.
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