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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by palmland: But, I do think a deal has been struck with key members of Congress and Sectratary Chao. It provided him with additional funds this year to get Amtrak’s house in order, even if a few LD trains disappear.[/QUOTE]Mr. Palmland, painful as it is for some to accept, the current thinking on The Hill, One Mass, and 1600, is that the days of tolerating, let alone promoting, "the joy of trains" is simply over. They’re "wet nursing kittens" at another site (at which I've found myself "persona non grata" and at which I have likely ceased participation) over these developments, and during the Q&A at the California Summit, Mr. Dyson of RAIL PAC let it be known many in his membership "pay thousands of dollars" for the relaxing experience of a Pacific Parlour and full service Dining. All well and good, but the taxpayers day of subsidizing it are over. The $1.9B appropriated - the highest ever - is certainly indicative that Congress (the President? who needs him; that appropriation is buried deep in the Spending Bill; and any passenger rail stakeholder best hope it stays right there) holds there is need for intercity passenger rail and, within their own chambers, have moved away from the "you don't fund my train and I won't fund yours" thinking of the past forty seven years. Finally, the Chief has the nostalgia because it traverses "flyover country back when you did that on the ground". I guess there is mystique to that Clark and Marilyn were ensconced in a "Regal---" but were never seen. The Desert Wind would have provided more online business from Denver, Salt Lake, and Vegas, but alas that's water over the dam. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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