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<p>I'm generally in agreement with the thoughts thus far expressed, though I do like the current paint scheme. </p><p>I like the fact that Amtrak has managed to hold together, against long odds, a national passenger rail system, skeletal though it may be, on a shoestring budget in the absence of any national rail transportation policy.</p><p>What I dislike most of all is that in 37 years of existence Amtrak has never done any long range planning. What do they want the system to look like 10-20 years from now? Amtrak has never bothered to answer that question. The excuse given is that Congress only funds them from year to year, so they can't do any planning. I say that's nonsense! Without a plan Congress has nothing to fund, hence the year to year begging which does nothing more than maintain the status quo. <br /> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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