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From: cb@hlwpc.UUCP (C Blesch)
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Subject: Re: OAG
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 10:14:05 EST
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> About online fare and schedule information--has anyone heard about
> something like the OAG for railroads?

Since Amtrak and VIA Rail have the passenger train monopoly,
they probably have control over any and all online information,
and I'm not sure they provide it to others electronically.
My travel agents, who are computerized for airline reservations,
call in my train reservations by old-fashioned voice telephone.

Carl Blesch