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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CG96: [QB] Reuters and other news services are now reporting that Mr. Gunn has gotten the hook. :( :mad: [URL=http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Copy/News_Release_Page&c=am2Copy&cid=1093554026306&ssid=180]Amtrak official statement[/URL] IMO, Mr. Gunn was one of the better presiding officers at Amtrak in quite some time. He re-started the repair line at Beech Grove, and was just plain forthright and straightforward regarding the conditions in which Amtrak has to operate. Like it or not, many of the current crop of Our Elected Representatives has never ridden aboard a LD intersity train, and have no idea that much of the traffic for the LD routes is from the INTERMEDIATE stops,not the end points. An entire generation has grown up never having rodden aboard a train before, and Amtrak just has the rep (due in part to the conditions it encounters on the rails of the private RRs - conditions to which the general public is usually oblivious and ignorant). He spoke the truth regarding Amtrak, and it wasn't what the powers that be wanted to hear. Anybody here want to step forward and take the Amtrak president's job? I'm reminded of the folks who I've encountered aboard my several trips on the Empire Builder, who exclaimed surprise on just how busy the LD routes were, especially the folks who lived the the Northeast. The folks who identified themselves as being from the Northeast or California were almost always surprised at the levels of ridership on the lng distance routes, and at the amount of freight traffic. They were almost totally clueless as to the issues that surround the RR industry as a whole, and how these affect Amtrak. This is really a sad day. Looks like we'll have to either get your tickets now, or get used to just flying and driving (yuck!) :mad: [/QB][/QUOTE]
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