I was told that it was impossible to do because even though we had the rolling stock, we did not have the ability to deal with a union that had the opportunity to charge double time, triple time and all kinds of things on a train that was going across the country for two or three days.
The train ride was cross-country.
( z1 ride :ARG1 ( z2 train ) :ARG0-of ( z3 cross :ARG1 ( z4 country ) ) )