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PullmanCo
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Having read the executive summary of the ARC report...

I'm writing the railroads I hold shares in in the very near future.

Which of the railroads needs the passenger services of Amtrak to operate a super-premium mail and express operation? IMHO, none.

If I were both UP and BNSF, I'd be standing by with a timetable and a commitment to First Class (ie, scheduled on the employees timetable and the STB tariff) M&E service on the Chicago-Seattle, Chicago-SF, Chicago-LA, Houston-LA, SL-Cheyenne, and LA-Seattle routings.

In other words, compete with the trucks on I-10, 40, 70, 80, and 90, not to mention US 101.

In the meantime, if you are really interested in the commercial railroads operating passenger service again, I commend owning their stock to you. The Boards of Directors listen to shareholder votes ... but you will have to get out there and get those votes!

John (being The Amateur Iconoclast)

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The City of Saint Louis (UP, 1967) is still my standard for passenger operations

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PROFIT??????? This isn't about profits! This is about a government that dosen't want Amtrak to work out. Highways don't turn a profit either..that dosen't seem to stop the funding. And as far as the airline bailout..I wish they had used the same logic they are using with Amtrak and just let half the airlines go belly up. Looking at this dilema with rail transportation one cannot help but feel a bit ashamed of this country.
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