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Whkey, Thanks for clearing that up. I thought you were advocating us converting AMTK into some modified European variety. I think that would be a huge mistake because AMTK would only be accountable to the US Congress. Since AMTK would be a small piece of the pie by comparrison, nobody in Congress would spend any time on it unless someone were seriously injured. As I have stated before, Amtrak would raise their level of service if they were more beholden to the customer. Moving government involvement down to the states from the federal level would get things closer to that goal. Consider the benefits of having the NEC portion of AMTK concentrate on providing service to NEC customers. Also, AMTK would only provide long-haul service to corriders which demonstrate demand. A fellow a while back said AMTK sidestepped the Dallas-Fort Worth area in favor of a smaller metro area to the north. An AMTK concerned about the bottom line and not beholden to a congressman would not have the luxury of making a fundamental mistake as that. As far as handling 46 different states, my company does exactly that. We have offices which specialize in each state market. I have a special skill and I am particularly suited to working in the state where I have the most experience. If I am needed in another state, I go and assist someone who is a specialist in that state. It is something that can be overcome. I'll tell you something else, I like working for a state more than I like working for the Feds, which we also do from time to time. - Ed
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