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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by PullmanCo: [qb]...The Administration of Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, cut the Texas Chief aka Lone Star....The Administration of William Jefferson Clinton, a Democrat, cut the Desert Wind...[/qb][/QUOTE]Now that the Bush administration is clearly into lame duck status (278 and a wake up), I think it can be noted that Amtrak fared better during the incumbent than it did under the predecessor Administration. Despite (but maybe on account of) the poorly executed Mineta initiative (Dog and Pony show), there really have only been "prunings" consisting of the KYCARD, Lake Country, Sunset East, and Three Rivers - all services added subsequent to formulation of the Basic System inaugurated on A-Day. While some here may lament that at this time, the only addition to the Basic System standing is the Portland Empire Builder; the other changes such as Lake Shore for Broadway, and Eagle for Lone Star, essentially represent reroutes. I continue to remain astounded that save the relatively weak National Limited and Floridian, the Basic System set forth by the Incorporators to be a stop gap alternative to total overnight elimination of the LD trains, has remained intact. The Incorporators envisioned, and the plan sold to the railroads as, a 'well we tried' period in which there would be a marketing campaign and an equipment 'freshen up", but the inexorable ending would occur somewhere around 1976 after it was realized that if the railroads could not make a dime at it, no one else can. What the Incorporators and for that matter the railroad managers signing up did not fully realize was the extent to which LD trains would become some kind of inexpensive rolling pork barrel, and that they would be embraced as means towards that end. So here we stand; anybody really think either a McCain or Obama administration will be anymore "LD friendly'? I know that I for one am not about to place my bets. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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