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I don't have figures for the Talgos to hand, so, at present, can't answer that. <br /> <br />BR, like Amtrak, had to work with limited budgets. It was limited to how many trains it could order. If too many people were travelling, it would put the price up rather than buy or ;ease additional coaches. <br /> <br />During the privatisation of BR, there were NO new trains ordered for about 18 months. If Amtrak IS privatised, or broken up, then, in order tomake the assets more attractive to new owners, the current equipment fleet will need to be repaired (i.e. I am thinking of the 100 or so pieces of kit at the repair shows). Just by getting these back into services you do the following: <br /> <br />Increase passenger carrying capacity <br /> <br />Allow units that have not been serviced for long periods to come in for checks <br /> <br />Have a few spare sets for failures <br /> <br />If, however, the equipment is not repaired, and, gradually upgraded/replaced, you get the situation we have in the UK where there was a sudden rush of orders for trains, some of which are late coming into services and still have faults. <br /> <br />How much do you think it costs to run a railroad? There are 365.25 days in the year; you will need a minimum of a $1 million per day to run a transcontinental railroad. That is $365.25 million a year. Tocover for accidents and other problems, you need another $1 million a day. That takes it to $730.5 million. Finally, to introduce upgrades, you would need another $1 million a day <br />which gives $1095.75 million. <br /> <br />Therefore, the $1.2 billion is NOT a vast sum to ask for is it, considering that you are the richest country in the world? <br /> <br />Jason.
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