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Clearly, Amtrak needs to replace aging equipment.  The need to replace the long distance equipment is an opportunity to argue for the discontinuance of the long distance trains.  I had hoped that more enlightened minds would have picked up on this point.  Unfortunately, it is not to be, in part I suspect because Amtrak is seen as an entitlement.   The long distance trains serve approximately 4/10s of one per cent of intercity travelers, bring in a relatively small percentage of the revenues, and chew up a significiant amount of resources.   How a federal government that is facing a massive debt, which many economists and budget experts believe could ruin the country if it is not managed down, will find the money to buy sleepers, dinners, and lounge cars is beyond me.
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