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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mr. Toy: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by DC2001: [i]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).[/i][/QUOTE] The idea that Amtrak needs to control its own tracks doesn't really make sense to me, any more than the idea that airlines need to control their own airports. In fact, I tend to agree with those who say that Amtrak's financial and management commitment to the NEC is indeed dragging it down. Turning over the NEC tracks to an infrastructure authority, much like port authorities that run airports, makes perfect sense to me. Amtrak would no longer have the financial burden of maintaining and upgrading it. Furthermore, It would [b]not[/b] be in the hands of freight companies, so that comparison isn't valid. In fact, I think state infrastructure authorities should take over all of the tracks in the country and let any operator run trains on them. Then we would have true transportation infrastructure parity, as the founder of this website advocates. But that ain't gonna happen in my lifetime. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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