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Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: House Committee unveils Amtrak reauthorization legislation
Quote>"“State-supported Advisory Committee” comprised of Amtrak, Department of Transportation, and seven state representatives with “appropriate expertise” and “geographic balance.
Some of this sounds scary under the surface.
Some of this sounds scary under the surface.
Aside: I often yell at people to be patient so they don’t multiple post on here, and yet here I am with a double post, But look at the time stamps: I waited nearly FOUR MINUTES between clicks for the server to respond.
No food service they must be nuts
Everybody seems to forget that rather than being an interloper, Amtrak was created to relieve the railroads of the cost of maintaining and operating passenger trains. Why are the railroads being let off the hook for on-time performance?
How did “food and beverage service” get into such a high priority subject? Elimination of the California High Speed Rail funding seems like a high speed political death bullet. Maybe when California becomes six different states, the political emphasis on getting high speed rail might change. How can California, that has more than 1/3 Rd of the west coast mileage and 37 million people, not get the same priority as the NE Corridor?
I wonder if it would make any difference if freight railroads that host Amtrak trains could get tax breaks for losses incurred by hosting the trains, and tax breaks for operating the trains consistently on time when it is within their dispatching power to do so?
Every developed country in the world, and some not so developed is in the high speed rail business except us. Most especially China building 1000 miles per year for ten years. Now either all those other countries are stupid or this country’s leaders are stupid. Guess which one.
Every developed country in the world, and some not so developed is in the high speed rail business except us. Most especially China building 1000 miles per year for ten years. Now either all those other countries are stupid or this country’s leaders are stupid. Guess which one.
Every developed country in the world, and some not so developed is in the high speed rail business except us. Most especially China building 1000 miles per year for ten years. Now either all those other countries are stupid or this country’s leaders are stupid. Guess which one.
Every developed country in the world, and some not so developed is in the high speed rail business except us. Most especially China building 1000 miles per year for ten years. Now either all those other countries are stupid or this country’s leaders are stupid. Guess which one.