Peter T. Daniels

On Jun 7, 7:57 pm, Phil Kane <Phil.K...@nov.shmovz.ka.pop> wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 09:49:18 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"
>
> <gramma...@> wrote:
> >> > The availability of Amtrak service will also be a big boon --  
> >> >especially Richmond-Portland and to Harrisburg and Springfield.
>
> >> Springfield, IL or Springfield, MA?
>
> >Why not Springfield, VT, where the Simpsons Movie premiere was?
>
> To the chagrin of Springfield, OR (a suburb of Eugene, reachable by
> Amtrak Cascades and Coast Starlight) relatively near where Matt
> Groening, the animator of The Simpsons, grew up in Portland, OR.

There are close to 50 Springfields in the US ... the east-west highway
to Spfld, IL, connects about 6 of them.