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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by trainluver1 I've always kind of had it in for Amtrak because like everyone else, I blamed them for pushing all the other passenger services out of business. But since they're the only major US passeneger service left, I've kind of began to forgive and let live and enjoy the hobby..[/quote] Tranluver,.......You've began to forgive them????? Why? There was nothing to forgive. How could you "blame Amtrak"? Amtrak didn't push any rail passenger service away. Amtrak was formed in May 1971 after the railroads had been continuously trying hard to get rid of their passenger trains. Even when running full American railroad passenger trains, with very few exceptions, were losing money overall! Even the Santa Fe Chief/El Capitan and Burlington Northern's (formed in 1970) Empire Builder were money losers. Southern Pacific and Penn Central deliberately discouraged the public from riding their long distance trains. Southern Pacific's negative efforts are well documented. So, it's most of the railroads, not Amtrak that "pushed" service away! The transporting of U.S mail is what helped passenger trains continue longer. Once the mail was shifted to airplanes, many of the railroads dropped whatever passenger trains they could but were still required by the Interstate Commerce Commission to maintain minimal passenger services. After Amtrak was formed, The Southern Railway and Rio Grande made the effort and continued running passengner trains for a few more years, but eventually they too dropped their passenger runs, which were taken over by Amtrak. Peace out![;)] AntionioFP 45 Thanks for the info. I didn't know or realize these things as I'm just now getting into the actual history and so forth behind railroads. But there are a lot of people out there that actually do blame Amtrak for running everyone else out of business. Let's give it a few days and see what other replys we get on this. Again, thanks... [/quote]
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