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I think its time to stop the long distance routes
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tom Dwyer: [QB] I would like to address Amtrak as a railroad retiree and one who watched Amtrak become a reality in 1971. Congress created Amtrak because the freight railroads wanted out of the business. The railroads seen the future of the passenger business as non-profitable and discouraged ridership by downsizing the amenities such as by not buying new equipment,removing dining cars and sleepers so Congress would step in--which they did--and take over the passenger business. Americans have to approach rail passenger service as another mode of transportation. We subsidize airports, waterways, freeways and no one ever mentions a thing about the cost. The reason is we all love our automobiles and airplanes. I might bring you back to 9/11 when the only way you could travel was by Amtrak. All the politicians on the east coast were traveling by rail. There is no rail passenger system in the world that pays for itself at the farebox and that includes Japan and Europe. What Congress needs to do is supply a means of funding that is permanent and not appropriate from general funds as they do now. If they just used one cent of the gasoline tax that goes to highway funding it would raise millions of dollars. Remember that Amtrak has to pay for their fuel just as airlines and other modes of transportation does. I could go on about all kinds of inequities as to why Amtrak is second fiddle because most of it political. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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