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Well, name any railroad that was doing well in 71. It was a cark time for business. Remember who was President then? One of the worst domestic admins in 20th century history. Price controlls on bread! C'mon! So rail really didn't stand a chance in that environment. We're all lucky that we didn't get a nationalized freight system too. We did Get Conrail... and that is an example of a successful privatization. Yes the current admin did not jump on the rail issue. can you blame them? Less than 1% of the public uses rail, and even a heavy investment will result in a system that is still a minority player. There have been more important things to deal with than Amtrak lately. And there is one major difference between "then" and "now" on privatization- no more ICC shoving political routes and price fixing down our throats. I hope that some workable system emerges from this. Will it? Ha ha ha, that's the $200 bliion question. But quite frankly I don't think the impact on the nation would be that great if passenger rail did disappear in this country. It's just not that relevant to enough people anymore. The High Line of Montana? Well, how much political clout do a few thousand people in a wilderness really have? Exactly. So unless a workable deal emerges soon, I think that we who like passenger rail, whether we think it should be private or public or a mixture of both, better get ready for a shutdown. That and hope that our State Leg's can ante up to save at least some of the service. Alexander
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