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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by amtrak-tom Garr - ummmm, not sure about the Amtrak/Conrail birth dates, I was just going on what was told to me by the employees I worked under when I was hired in 1979 with Amtrak. These guys were the former PRR, Penn Central, then Amtrak employees, and, about how they were then approached to join Amtrak or remain Conrail because Congress then still wanted a passenger service. One history note, when Eastern airlines was still around, they were the #1 carrier of passengers from Wash. DC to New York. Amtrak took that #1 spot away from the airline and this was before Eastern had ended its operations. [/quote] Tom, As railroaders do from time to time they may have gotten their facts or carriers mixed up. They may have meant Penn Central, whose bankruptcy drove home the issue of needing Amtrak, or there may have been a further labor agreement at the time of Conrail's formation that may have lead to the question of Amtrak or Conrail for further employment. On the question of funding...I would say that if Amtrak gets cut there should be a full disclosure on Federal funding that is provided to the air and highway industry for comparison. That way we can compare the apples to apples. Fossil fuels won't last forever. Just do a Google on Hubbert's Peak and see what's being said about what maybe the very last drops of oil. The wide open spaces out west won't stay that way forever either with the development of our civilization. Mitch
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