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[quote user="Dakguy201"] This thread started with the idea that additional capacity is needed from Minot eastward.  What the ridership data presented above seems to say is that the capacity should be carried much further west that that, perhaps Whitefish.    If you are going to add capacity that far west, you might as well go to Spokane as switching moved are required there anyway. The 900 pounder we aren't discussing is where additional the Superliners come from.  Do you cannibalize another route?   Are there unused transition cars that would allow the addition of low level cars?   Can you improve the utilization of existing equipment?  Would Congress pay for the purchase of additional high level equipment? Today's Newswire announces the appointment of an operations analysis specialist whose background is in the airline industry.  We can hope that he addresses maximum utilization of the existing fleet forthwith. [/quote] If Amtrak had a compelling case for additional equipment, it could arrange a lease for it in the capital markets. Unfortunately, making a strong case for additional equipment for a train that lost $59 million in FY12 before capital charges, especially for a country that is nearly $17 trillion in hawk, would be a difficult slog.
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