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Amtrak did try hauling fast, fast freight in 2004 but it didn't work out for them somehow. A couple of the trains were vitually X-type with people cars in the middle: there was one to Maine and another to Iowa, I think. But many or most had some freight. If I recall TRAINS magazine from earlier this year, the only one left is the Southwest Chief because of some binding contracts. I have a shot of the Chief going thru Galva, Illinois, on July 2 of this year and there are indeed several express-type freight cars on the end. <br /> <br />While passenger trains did tend to lose money on fares, the United States Post Office (note anachronistic name) virtually subsidized American trains for many years by operating RPO's inside of them. When LBJ pulled the mail off the trains in 1967(ostensibly to please Jimmy Hoffa by p***ing off Bobby Kennedy), revenue REALLY fell <br />and the last great wave to cancel passenger trains was on. <br /> <br />Paul, we all make that kind of mistake; me at least. <br /> <br />
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