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Who cares if passenger rail disappears ?

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You will never have successful passenger service because of the fact that freight roads gave it up due to non-profitability, and to allow passenger service on their rails, which is now of great inconvenience, to the extent that would make it truly profitable, is improbable. During the 1960's and 1970's, the bean counters convinced railroads to remove double tracked mainlines, passing sidings, and yards for the sake of tax relief because railroads were in great decline. Now that freight has returned in greater strength, the decision they or their predicessors made some 30 years ago have come to bite them in the butt. What then cost 1 million to lay down rail and maintain, would now cost tens of millions to replace. The railroads simply do not want to lay that kind of cash down. They cry poverty, but have it. The lobby is to have the American people pay the burden with taxes. Don't believe me? Look into the Amtrak Richmond VA station project to return the Downtown Station back to active service, restore Brown Street Yard to a Amtrak facility, and double and triple mainline the RF&P again..Who was supposed to fit the bill? CSX? Hardly! American and Virginian tax payers.. That's why it still hasn't come to fruitition... You will not see passenger service like it used to because of freight carrier concerns, automobiles, and established costs vs travel times. Is this all to it? Hardly, but it speaks volumes! The cold fact is pay the dough, put the rails back, add trains, lower the fares, decrease travel times, and you'll get the increase in ridership. JMHO....
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