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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PullmanCo: [QB] The sad fact of the matter is Amtrak was formed because the investor-owned railroads were hemmorhaging red ink in their passenger accounts. The penultimate event in the passenger service death spiral was in October 1967, when the nascent US Postal Service terminated all (save a couple) Railway Mail Service contracts. Further, express "first fruits" (the REALLY high dollar freight) which once had been province of the Passenger Traffic Departments moved with improving quality of refrigeration to the freight departments. Today, I submit a railroad saying to its shareholders "We want to re-enter the line haul passenger business" would see its BOD and principal officers voted out of office, tarred, feathered, and tied to the rails at the principal classification yard! [QUOTE]Originally posted by train lady: [qb] (snip) It's interesting how many competitions there were among the various railroads and how that improved the services of each. I wonder what would happen if Amtrak had some. [/qb][/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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