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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan Oh really Limitedclear... The idea is negotiating first but despite what you say, Amtrak (through the federal government) can force the issue with passenger service. This wouldn't cut into the railroad's profit because other than the CP Expressway, they lack the interest in providing anything but long-haul intermodal where as my idea is gear for the medium to short haul. You seem pretty quick to criticise and slow to keep an open-mind about thease things;why is that? [/quote] Because you have ONE answer for everything. Make the Government fix "IT", whatever it maybe. As I, Ed and others have tried to explain to you seemingly endless times, the United States is not a socialist state. So, the government doesn't just step in to fix everything. Frankly, the government stepping in is pretty much a bottom drawer option only as when they do step in it usually results in a mess dues to political realities taking precedence over economic and practical constraints. As to Amtrak, the ONLY reason Amtrak has the right to run passenger trains over freight railroads is that the freight railroads willingly gave them that right in exchange for getting out of the unprofitable passenger business. That does not in any way extend to freight, nor does it give the government the extra-Constitutional right to just force Amtrak on the freight railroads. Perhaps a little research on the origins of Amtrak on your part would make you able to have a more informed and realistic approach to this discussion. I realize that at 25 you weren't more than an infant during much of the formation of Amtrak, but there are a number of good books on the subject. LC
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