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What does Amtrak, and the frieght rails have in common? Besides the obvious, they both haul frieght. A passenger train is meant to haul passengers, not frieght. Of course this was done to help Amtrak make money. Are they doing this? Maybe on a few trains. Not many though, I'm sure. If Amtrak wants to make money, hauling frieght then they need to run an all express train. They have the infrastructure to do that. Maybe they could call it the Railway Express Agency. We all know what happened to them. Its time for our leaders to relize this. Run a top notch passenger service, with good service, and be on time. Passengers will ride. Maybe not in the numbers the government will like, but it will build a good base. Then move on to high speed rail, something over 150 mph. On its own dedicated right of way. People will not tolerate being late, or hit and miss with service. The frieght rails lost money years ago, because of bad service. When you say the car will be at certain place at a certain time. You have to have it there. SERVICE. A frieght customer doesn't care if it takes three days to go from point A to point B, as long as its there when you say it will be, when you sold the service. The freight railroads have to perform better, for Amtrak. When they do that, the passenger carrier will want to move off the freight rails tracks, and onto their own. Remember its all SERVICE, its a service industry. Agree or disagree? BPtrainwreck
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