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[quote user="zugmann"] From what I recall, the freight railroads weren't too pleased with giving priorty routing to those 40-car long Amtrak "passenger" trains that were comprised of 38  freight cars. [/quote] I remember riding the Three Rivers from Chicago to Pittsburgh. The time I rode it the train had two coaches, a cafe/lounge car and a sleeper. Although I don't remember how many head-end cars it had, it seemed like there were 15 to 20 of them.   Successful commercial enterprises know their core mission (business purpose) and competencies. They keep their focus on them.  Many failed businesses lose sight of their mission and their core competencies. Frequently they spread themselves too thin. Outside of the NEC, as well as several corridors, Amtrak has not been a successful commercial enterprise. It has lost more than $30 billion, before adjustment for inflation, since its birth.  A major reason is because it has been forced for political reasons to focus its energies too broadly. Getting into any kind of package or freight service would dissipate its focus even more than is the case now.
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