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Alexander <br /> <br />You are missing several big points. I will note only one. <br /> <br />With the exception of the NEC Amtrak does NOT pay for the infrastructure it uses. The freight railroads must maintain track to passenger standards and absorb the cost of freight train delays and give Amtrak preference in dispatching, for which they are paid nothing! <br /> <br />If Amtrak is to continue, and I hope it does not but expect it will, it should pay for the use of the freight railroad's tracks. Only in America does a for profit rail system subsidize the Government's make work toy. <br /> <br />Mac
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