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[QUOTE]Originally posted by DC2001: [QB] I have to agree with Mr. Toy. While it is possible Amtrak as we know it today could face the end by 2003, I find it unlikely. Lately, I've grown increasingly concerned, but Amtrak has faced very similar crisis' before. In fact, in 1980 everyone was convinced the Reagan administration would kill Amtrak. This battle went on for several budget years, as I recall, with Amtrak just squeeking by. The real question is how Amtrak will survive - with a mandate (and budget!) to operate a proper, modern passenger rail system, or just barely enough money to merely keep "limping along". Long-distance trains do face a greater danger (some more than others), but operations in the Northeast Corridor, Chicago, North Carolina, Washington state, and California are probably safe. However, Amtrak still faces the possibility of a restructuring along the lines of the suggestions (many of which have already been discredited) of the Amtrak Reform Council. Along those lines, there was a mid-80's proposal for Amtrak to sell the Northeast Corridor, under the argument that it was costing too much to maintain and improve. The ARC has made a similar argument recently, but Amtrak needs to control it's own tracks. For evidence, look at freight train interference across the nation to long-distance trains (the Sunset at Houston was nearly six hours late the other day). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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