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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by edbenton Hey lotus 100 billion to the airlines in the last 4 yrs mean anything to you plus all of the bankrupt ones dumping the peinsions on the goverment to pay. that adds another 22 billion just from United alone with Delta and northwest maybe another 10 billion. Amtrack in 35 years has recived 35-40 billion 1/3 of what the airlines have gotten since 9/11. And what I am talking about is the cash just given to them to keep them afloat. This does not include the subsisedized cost of the ATC program. What we spend on Amtrak a year is about what is takes to fund the building of a Nimitz class carrier per year. Maybe Bush is trying to finish his dads carrier before he dies. The next carrier to be commisioned is th George HW Bush in 2 years.. Lotus just remember this I am a Republican and I can not stand W Bush either. [/quote] Ah-ha, it's the old "but the airlines do it" ploy. I was thinking about this with the NEC, wouldn't having Amtrak own the track but other trains running on it be similar to the way all airlines run on government maintained airports? Railroads even in heavy traffic zones don't have too much problem with other railroads running on trackage rights, so why is the NEC so much different? Even PRB coal trains have to keep schedules. Also I think that carrier is a bit more important than trains that most people can't afford to, and don't ride on. With the exception of commuters Amtrak is not very useful, it doesn’t haul express good or mail, we need to do something; and Gunn didn’t want to do anything, in fact in the interview he states that if we just keep throwing money at the problem; which as history has proven never works.
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