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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding FM: Do you forsee the infrastructure owning company to be The Federal Government, State Governments, Regional Railroad Authorities, or totally publicly owned? Which brings up another interesting wrinkle-what about Amtrack? [/quote] Definitely not the feds! What I see is the current rail network continuing under private regulated ownership, lines that are still a candidate for abandonment would defer to state and regional transportation authorities, and new lines being primarily funded something like 80-20 fed/state (with the federal portion coming from that Infrastructure Trust Fund) but the states and regional authorities do the planning, constructing, and oversight of maintenance. The new lines could then either remain under state and regional control or be auctioned off to the private infrastructure operators. As for Amtrak, let's face it - Under open access we wouldn't even need Amtrak, since now private passenger service providers can enter the market. But I run the risk of starting yet another flame war, so let's just say that Amtrak or any other rail service provider can bid for slots like every other rail service provider.
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