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[quote user="CG9602"]One major issue with the this footnote: It measures profit and loss in terms of "per passenger" basis. Profitability and loss are measured with much more accuracy on the basis of Revenue Passenger Miles*, and Passenger-Miles per Train-Mile . As long as profit or loss are measured by the "per passenger" basis, the numbers produced are suspect and inaccurate. * as defined by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.[/quote] I felt exactly the same way at first, until I thought about it some more. If Amtrak were truly a logistics company, then I would agree whole heartedly. They are not though. they are a political construct, designed to pacify the public (the segement who cared about passenger rail) while unburdoning the freight RR's of the losses that passenger was costing them. Only the first part of that explanation remains material to this day. So, there is some validity in looking at the cost compared in a "customers served" frame of reference, just like some amusement ride at a Great America theme park.[2c]
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