HI Bob,

On Wed 2037-Jul-29 16:47, Bob Sakowski (1:124/311) wrote to Richard Webb:

->  BA>> Especially short haul (<500 miles) passenger traffic. 
But the big
->  BA>> railroads won't be allowed to get back into that business.
-> 
->  RW> OF course they won't, there's this thing called amtrack.
->  RW> Unfair competition from government.
-> 
-> BA> Actually it's Amtrak that doesn't want the competition.
-> 
-> YEp, what I meant if that wasn't clear.

BS> Amtrak came in existence AFTER the railroads ceased passenger
BS> traffic cited it as being a money loser.

Right, because they weren't given the breaks that airports
were.  Yet places such as the northeast corridor had to be
serviced because many depended on that passenger service.
D.C. to NEw YOrk City for example.  A very popular passenger rail connection.

Imho it should be abolished and railroads encouraged, with
some tax incentives etc. to provide high quality passenger
service.


Regards,
           Richard
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