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[quote user="John WR"] Certainly, Sam, Joe Boardman is aware of the points you raise.  Today he testified before the Congress.  He pointed out Amtrak's appropriation is at an all time low.  He has also got more states to contribute to Amtrak than have ever done so.  However, there is no question but what long distance trains will continue to loose money.  [/quote] I have never heard Boardman or any advocate of the long distance trains speak to the opportunity costs associated with maintaining them. In its publications Amtrak has from time to time claimed that the savings would not be great, although it offers no substantiation for its view. A recent article in the NY Times spoke to the shifting of funding from the federal government to the state governments for the short corridor trains.  The Pennsylvanian was the featured train in the story.  Apparently it will cost the taxpayers of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania between $5 and $6 million a year to keep the train running.   State legislators along the Juanita Valley and in western Pennsylvania apparently are the ones urging their fellow legislators to support the train.  I don't recall anyone mentioning Boardman's name.
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