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Here is a paper by the AAR Policy and Economics Department describing the evolution of the U.S. railroad business from the beginning and into the future.  It says nothing about electrification, windmills, greenhouse gases, or a national transportation system.  <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> <A href="http://www.aar.org/InCongress/~/media/AAR/BackgroundPapers/Railroad_History_Sept2009.ashx" mce_href="http://www.aar.org/InCongress/~/media/AAR/BackgroundPapers/Railroad_History_Sept2009.ashx">http://www.aar.org/InCongress/~/media/AAR/BackgroundPapers/Railroad_History_Sept2009.ashx</A> <o:p></o:p> Under the heading, Prospects for the Future, in reference to government regulation, they give this warning: <o:p></o:p> “To keep their existing networks in top condition and to build the new rail capacity that America will need in the years ahead, railroads must be able to earn enough to pay for it.”  <o:p></o:p> Here they call for help from government in the form of tax incentives, and second, their call for "partnerships" is as close as they come to asking for government funding of infrastructure and technological improvements: <o:p></o:p> “Policy makers can help by instituting tax incentives for expanding rail capacity and by entering into more partnerships with railroads to solve critical transportation problems.” <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>
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