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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Well, I was staying out of this because I didnt want to ttellyou it had been tried before...there is a reason containers and trailers are loaded and unloaded they way they are, its fast, efficent and cheap. Short haul traile and containers cant make mony, you can drive there faster... Amtrak was created for a reason, the Class 1 no longer needed the PR value of first class passenger trains, everyone was driving to where they wanted to be. Our goverment can't interfer in the fashion you describe, its against our laws, the goverment isnt allowed to compete in private enterprise, their posistion as a legal enity gives them a distinct advantage, along with the limitless pocket book of the taxpayer, they would win every time. The system we live under tis designed to promote free, private enterprise... My opinion is Amtrak should be turned into a public utility, run by the goverment as a public service. Then recovery of capital cost is no longer a issue... Service becomes the entire point... Ed pardon the typos, I am burning dinner! [/quote] Ed- I would agree, except that regulated public utilities (Ma Bell or the power company) were allowed too much protection by regulation. There needs to be some control over Amtrak to ensure it doesn't become a government make work project as that will be an expensive way to produce a poor service that will never be an efficient use of resources... LC
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