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[QUOTE]Originally posted by yukon11: [QB] Margaret, I think you hit the nail on the head. This is from the TRAINS report: WASHINGTON – In its most explicit explanation yet, Amtrak management has revealed the reason why it intends to withhold a $3 million match to a $16 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant that was awarded to Colfax County, N. M., in March 2018 to help rehabilitate a portion of the Southwest Chief’s route. The letter, sent to lawmakers earlier this month by Amtrak Director of Government Affairs Patrick Edmond and obtained by Trains News Wire through multiple sources, demands that the entire cost of remaining capital improvements on the line in New Mexico and Colorado be known before it commits any more funding. It also raises the possibility that, even though positive train control is not required by the Federal Railroad Administration on the portion of the route only traversed by the Chief, Amtrak would require such technology for future operations. This is a departure from Amtrak’s previous collaboration with communities in those two states plus Kansas and the BNSF Railway. Previous TIGER grants sponsored by Garden City, Kan., and La Junta, Colo., were also supported by Amtrak President Joe Boardman, who worked out an agreement with then-BNSF Railway CEO Matt Rose to maintain the line for 20 years at BNSF’s expense. ******************************** I was wondering.....suppose a long distance Amtrak train route is deleted, due to lack of PTC compliance, by the end of this year. Then, say sometime in 2019 or thereafter, the route does become PTC compliant, would Amtrak then reinstate the LD train on such route? Richard [/QB][/QUOTE]
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