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Amtrak shedding broken equipment

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Amtrak shedding broken equipment
Posted by blue streak 1 on Monday, May 6, 2019 5:19 PM

From news wire.

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/05/06-amtrak-to-shed-decommissioned-superliner-amfleet-equipment

This disposition could have a simple solution. Sale funds go directly to Amtrak added to be above FY appropriations.

Congess insert into Amtrak bill that all wreck settlements go directly to Amtrak not the US treasury. Make it retroactive.  Then those funds would be assigned to purchase replacement revenue cars and locos.  These units would be above any designated purchases and funds set by congress.

This sstill might be subject to manulipations  but  easily  monitored. 

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Posted by JPS1 on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 8:46 AM

I don't have access to the article.  Did it say that the proceeds from the sale of the equipment will go to the U.S. Treasury?

Normally the transaction would be recorded on Amtrak's books.  

 

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