soundpreacher, you must either be young or have forgotten your history. The reason Amtrak exists is because all the profitable, private enterprise railroads bailed out of the passenger rail business by choice. I am quite sure the government would just as soon not be in the railroad business.
Tex is correct. Trains move lots of stuff a long way fairly quick, but to be safe, comfortable & affordable for passengers, it has to be heavily subsidized.
On the ‘toon:
Does he really want to put that part on his dating profile?
RogueLeader over 13 years ago
It only takes a dash of legal-ese to ruin just about anything, after all.
jtviper7 over 13 years ago
” You can’t handle the truth ”
Nighthawks Premium Member over 13 years ago
not to mention: “more powerful than an underfunded, tax subsidized Amtrack locomotive”
soundpreacher over 13 years ago
“Underfunded”? If it was privately owned, it would be making a profit.
TexTech over 13 years ago
soundpreacher, you must either be young or have forgotten your history. The reason Amtrak exists is because all the profitable, private enterprise railroads bailed out of the passenger rail business by choice. I am quite sure the government would just as soon not be in the railroad business.
ChukLitl Premium Member over 13 years ago
Tex is correct. Trains move lots of stuff a long way fairly quick, but to be safe, comfortable & affordable for passengers, it has to be heavily subsidized.
On the ‘toon: Does he really want to put that part on his dating profile?