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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by daveklepper</i> <br /><br />Judging by what has happened to Amtrak funding, and again, I believe that long distance cruise trains like the Capitol Limited, the Sunset, and the CZ are essential for an important if small segment of the American people, can we just imagene how the infrastructure would be maintained if the Government owned the right of ways for open access? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Highways are a portion of the infrastructure maintained by the government, and yet we have private passenger services on highways. Waterways are a portion of the infrastructure maintained by government, and yet we have private passenger services on waterways. No one has yet made an argument that government couldn't do at least a palatable job of maintaining rail infrastructure, if indeed that is the preferable alternative to continued private ownership of an open access rail system.
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