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I think the diversity of viewpoints and opinions expressed thus far illustrate the complexity of the problem. Everything from food service to scheduling to track ownership to union rules affects the financial performance and marketability of a long distance train. Throw in a handful of political ideologies, personal needs and preferences of countless individual travelers, and a few armchair analysts, and you have a confusing cacaphony of ideas about what is "best." If there were easy answers they would have been taken care of long ago. If I was running things, I would gather together the following people...<ul><li>Representatives from Amtrak</li><li>Representatives from the freight railroads</li><li>Professional transportation planners</li><li>Representatives from USDOT </li><li>Representatives from state transportation departments</li><li>Representatives from NARP, National Corridors and URPA</li><li>Representatives from the railroad unions. </li></ul>And lock them up until one of two things happens: <ol><li>They produce a blueprint for a national passenger rail policy</li><li>Their bickering causes the building to explode.  </li></ol>
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