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[quote user="conrailman"] It was few weeks back on Trains Newswire about UP wants 700 million from Amtrak. [/quote] The key question in my mind is where did Newswire get its information?  Unless someone at Amtrak or UP who was in on the negotiations or had worked up the numbers leaked the information to Newswire, I suspect that the author was reporting incomplete information.   My main point, however, is not the $700 or whatever it is million.  My point is that Amtrak's management may have caved prematurely rather than push the issue.   The UP hoists the Eagle daily.  It had been on a three day a week schedule similar to the Sunset for years. When Amtrak upgraded the Eagle to daily, did it have to pay UP an upgrade investment?  Or did it go along because Senator Hutchison made it clear that she wanted it to run daily and amongst other things stop at Mineola, Texas?  Equally problematic, if the UP can hoist the Sunset on its current schedule, what upgrades would it need to make to handle the train on a daily basis?
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