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[quote user="PNWRMNM"] Henry, Passenger traffic is not business to the freight railroads. It is a burden to be carried with no contribution to the fixed plant, to overhead, or to profit. The spare capacity of 50 years ago that you so fondly remember, and widely existed, is not there. The network is running close enough to absolutely full that the "slop" of the old days just is not there. Freight service quality standards have had to be raised to try to keep up with competitors, so the ability to tolerate 30 to 60 minute delays to meet a passenger train has also disappeared. ATK gets a virtually free ride by statute. It that marginal cost pricing. Passenger proponents always start out thinking "their babies" should have a free ride. Some  learn that can not work. Others never do. Mac Well said.  And the virtually free ride is getting better.  In FY10 Amtrak paid the freight carrier $136.5 million to hoist its trains.  By FY12 the payment had shrunk to $110 million. <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote]
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