Sell off of Northeast corridor from Amtrak?
I saw an interview on FOX News or something with the outgoing CEO of AMTRAK, and they were discussing the possible sale of the Northeast corridor to private hands, and the abondonment of passenger...
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It's interesting that the rest of world can subsidize surface rail travel, but not us. I think an alternative could be regional rail service, funded 50% by the contiguous states being served, 20% by...
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Let's put all of this administrations actions in perspective. Cuts in rail service with an eye to it's total elimination; firing of David Gunn because he wouldn't play ball; cuts in veteran's...
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I think the problem is more one of basic accounting. The balance sheet is very tilted.1. Does anyone really factor in the TRUE cost of the automobile? Would we have invaded Iraq without oil as a HUGE...
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The demise of the railroal infastructure in this country is a travesty. Rail movement of passengers and freight is the most efficient means man ever created. But as is typical with the United States,...
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Good Evening,Anyone interested in this subject would be well advised to read "Getting There". It is an interesting account of how the highway lobby got what it wanted back when it mattered. Any of the...
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Way to go Slots! When all else fails, call people names. And thank you, I am a liberal which according to the dictionary is "one with an open mind." So if a conservative is the opposite of a liberal,...
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Well lets not digress too far. Freight railroads are making money and if you look outside the Northeast, pretty much have had a history of making money. Passenger railroading has been in financial...
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Diesel, Nice editorial and I agree, rail transportation will only work with government assistance. Trains magazine once had an article about this, all rail passenger systems in the world are...
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Maybe it is time to look at what other forms of mass transit have done to stay healthy (profitable.)Buses (yea, there is basically only Greyhound now) pickup and discharge in city centers. To get...
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Yes Dan, I have heard it said that if PC or successors ran under the same rules as Conrail we never would have had CR. The gummint quickly realized it was mission impossible. My best guess is that the...
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How many of you ride Amtrak? Better yet, how many of you work for Amtrak?
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Not real easy to ride Amtrak in the Florida panhandle - service has been suspended between Jacksonville and Pensacola for most of this year. Had thought about riding Amtrak to the West Coast, but...
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Who rides or works for Amtrak?... I've never used AMTRAK before, but I'm going to take my first AMTRAK trip from D.C. to Williamsburg, VA in about 3 weeks for a short vacation. I usually drive down,...
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I think 3rd rail hit an important nail smack on the head. The system has been stripped so far that it doesn't go where you need to go. Cincinnatti is served, for example, by 3 trains PER WEEK! Thats a...
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Bill,Penn Central saved us all! If you don't think the government was a major cause in the PC debacle, read the books. Why were the unions a problem? Because the government would grant pay increases...
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Jamie: Former stock holders may have a different view of "salvation"! LOLI agree that the government played a larger role. But... other RRs seemed to struggle onward, while the PC bit the dust in a...
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Bill,Actually if they held on to their stock the stockholders probably did well. If they bought it right after the collaspe, they made out like bandits!Jamie
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I am a train "Buff" and have been all my life. But, the last time I took a long distance train ride was in July of 1998 to visit my Daughter in Austin, TX. Capitol Limited, Washington to Chicago....
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Joe it sounds like you are one of those guys who actually LIKES getting stopped at grade crossings! LOLBill
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