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<p>[quote user="dakotafred"]</p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Sam1:</strong></div> <div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>PNWRMNM:</strong></div> <div></div> <p> </p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>oltmannd:</strong></div> <div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <blockquote>Part of the problem is that Amtrak can never lure a good Class 1 guy away because they can't pay what it would take.</blockquote> <p> </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p>Another part is that any of them with enough talent to get to VPO or better would view going to ATK as a big step down. Rightly so.</p> <p>Mac </p> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p>Your point raises another question.  Lets suppose that you are on the Board of Directors for the California High Speed Rail Project. What would lead you to believe that the board could find top rail executives (CEO, CFO, COO) to manage operations once the project is up and running?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p>Let's not make this harder than it is. The country is full of metro transit systems, many of them much more complicated than California's HSR is likely to be and quite well-run. (Check in with Henry for some of these.)  Get it built -- the hard part -- and I'm sure there will be plenty of talent available to run it. Why should you even want someone from a Class 1 -- who would bring exactly what passenger experience to bear on the new railroad? [/quote]</p> <p>Executives from first class railroads understand railroads.  Equally importantly, they know how to compete in the market place. If they have a handle on these two attributes, they can learn how to run passenger trains. I'll take that any day of the week over someone who has spent his or her life running a transit system, which does not compete with a like kind entity, has a largely captive audience, and has all the markings of a government agency.</p>
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