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Mark, I am a bit surprised at your reaction to the story. I am a newspaper reporter myself, and I thought that this story, and the previous one of last summer dealing with grade crossings, are open to criticism by those of us who really know railroads, but then that's just us. <br /> I think the point of today's story was just that freight RRs got indemnification as part of the deal that gave birth to Amtrak, and that maybe it is time to rethink that. The general public likely has no idea that indemnification like that exists. <br /> I'm not saying the story was perfect (even Trains has been known to err, and as a journalist yourself you know that is inevitable), and much of it seems to us like a restatement of the blindingly obvious. But I found it interesting, if not somethiung I would have written. <br /> And Mr. Gates, I in no way subscribe to the thoughts posted above. <br /> <br />Larry Fish
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