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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TwinStarRocket: [QB] RRCHINA wrote: "Routes and services should be determined by those who will pay for them, not by those in Congress who seek something special for their constituents as a price for their vote. Approximately 60% of Amtrak traffic is located on 7% of its routes." If the 7% you refer to is the NEC, than why does it run only 45% full while the LD trains run 69% full? Why do the LD's produce more revenue for their allocated costs than the NEC? Why does the highest revenue/train on the Amtrak system occur at Wolf Point, MT? Rob makes some valid points. If you ran the Sunset in the NEC 3 days a week 8 hours late it wouldn't do as well as it does now. If you are going to run Amtrak like a business, than you invest in where the demand is. All the millions poured into Acela have not helped Amtrak's bottom line. The NEC has spent itself into becoming crucial while the LD's have been starved into being marginal. If we spent anywhere near as much on the LD's, I think we would get a better return on investment. "We railfans" just don't have the clout of drug and insurance companies and airlines and highway lobbyists. The "price" of our Congress critters votes is not related to our selfish need for our home rail service. The common man in flyover land deserves the same bang for his tax buck as the New York stockbroker and that includes a national system. Most of the country will enthusiastically pay their $7 in taxes to keep it and probably kick in a few more to expand it. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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