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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PullmanCo: [QB] Mr Palmland, As Mr Norman pointed out, the investor-owned railroads will be quite happy to run Amtrak ... when Amtrak pays the same for its time on the rails as any other customer. Amtrak for years has lived on its mandate of access. Until RPSA 70 sunsetted in 1997 or so, it also had the right of "access at the prior level" meaning UP, ATSF, BN, SP, CSX, all had to give it the same rights they gave their own passenger trains pre A-Day. Now, Amtrak can demand access, but it is legally foreclosed from "access at the prior level," sans money. So, the containers, UPS, and anyone who pays over Amtrak gets in line ahead of Amtrak. Further, Amtrak, if it has an internal problem (mechanical), and delays itself, has to wait for a dispatcher to find room on the trainsheet. 218+51+1: Amtrak needs funding for what Mr Gunn called the State of Good Repair, and for making the reasonable and proper payments that don't have various trains about to compete with steam speeds again! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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