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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill</i> <br /><br />But it gets better. M&E proposed to the Class Is they would be extending new Amtrak trains onto routes currently not served by Amtrak, which would consist of an intermodal train with a rider coach tagging along. <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Hmmmmm! An intermodal train with a single passenger coach. I think you've found a way to "privatize" rail passenger operations in the U.S. Just let the Class I's tack a coach onto the end of a double stack or TOFC, tell Amtrak they no longer need to enter the property since they the Class I's are now running the passenger service after a 50 year layoff, and call it good. <br /> <br />In fact, it wouldn't even have to be a full length coach, maybe just a little 30' box with windows for the few that actually utilize passenger service in this country, and maybe it could have a little cupola on top as an abreviated "dome". Think of the money that would be saved by no longer having to use a FRED!
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