I hope Anderson doesn’t mean what he said, but I chose not to be complacent. In his written testimony Dark Territory is described with respect to future operations on Page Four as probably won’t. On Page Seven some possible remedies are reviewed.
The problem for routes caught in this dilemma is the clock is ticking. If Anderson means what he said we have only to January 1 to do whatever is now required and which Amtrak has not specified.
The Vermont routes (and I suspect the other dark territory lines as well) were formally exempt as a result of a full FRA review. It’s late indeed to change the rules now.
I stand on being deeply concerned.
Carl Fowler