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Amtrak claims its long distance trains lose $200-250 million or so each year, yet, Amtrak wants $1.8 billion next year. Does this mean that Amtrak loses $1.6 billion running and fixing the northeast corridor each year? Frankly, for a few of years of the $1.6 billion the northeast corridor is costing Amtrak to run and maintain, Amtrak could build new high speed railroad lines somewhere else. Surely, there is enough in the budget to put in a slow local between Dallas and Houston. Just how much does one trainset cost? A few million for a couple of Genesis engines, and a million per car, how about three or four cars. Would $10 million be enough? I repeat, how much is Amtrak losing operating and maintaining the northeast corridor.... Maybe Amtrak should concentrate on losing some money operating trains, and let someone else fix the railroad lines, such as the states being served by the northeast corridor.... Asking for state help works both ways....
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