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Wanna get some drill down information on Amtrak?  No problem!  At least in theory!  File a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. My first request was for some operational and financial information to clarify a few of the line items in the Monthly Performance Reports. Amtrak told me that it is only required to furnish the records requested, provided they don't contain any trade secrets and other confidential business information, as well as eight other exemptions.  Any slicing and dicing of the information in the records falls on the requestor.   To get the right records one would have to know the record layouts for the information being sought.  How one would this information is problematic. I gave it up.  A second FOIA request was more successful.  I asked when the FY13 Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements would be posted to Amtrak's webpage or be available to the public.  December of 2014!
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