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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] Returning to topic after the immediate posting made for unexplained reasons, we have to accept the severity of this incident. Although there were eleven fatalities at Tonti during June '71, compared with eight here, fault was shared with the Illinois Central, who under the then existing contractual relationship with Amtrak, assumed all liability arising from such. There were many more at Bayou Canot, however there was clearly an outside party on to which the fault was laid. Here at Frankford JCT (or Shore, or whatever else this incident will be identified as), there are clearly no other parties with which the fault can be shared. After all, Amtrak employed Passenger Engineer, Amtrak ROW, Amtrak equipment - May 12, 2015 is the blackest day in Amtrak's history. Will the institution survive? Of course it will. Will it survive the "Micascope" under which all of its operations be subject to? In all likelihood it will. Will it survive the Conservative initiatives to "shut it down" or "privatize" it? Likely. Will a passenger have the same confidence that they will travel safely to Destination? I'm afraid not. It simply is analogous to the "New Yorker state of mind" post 9/11. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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