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scott
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Just wanted to ask you all if privatizing "Amtrak" would be so bad after all.
I'm a fan of Amtrak. Of trains in general. Love em. Had lots of good experienced last summer on CZ, CS and EB. Been on great European trains too.
My German friends this morning talked to me about how the German National Railways went private (within the last few years) and how things are beginning now to come around financially, service improving, etc.
We all love trains. I don't think that it's the company Amtrak that we particularly love--unless you work for them--. I think what is important for Amtrak is to, yes, get the money they've been promised by the government, but also to fire surly workers, improve conditions (clean the damned bathrooms!) and eventually look--assuming the gov. starts investing--towards building the network.
Food for thought. What do you think?
Scott
I'm a fan of Amtrak. Of trains in general. Love em. Had lots of good experienced last summer on CZ, CS and EB. Been on great European trains too.
My German friends this morning talked to me about how the German National Railways went private (within the last few years) and how things are beginning now to come around financially, service improving, etc.
We all love trains. I don't think that it's the company Amtrak that we particularly love--unless you work for them--. I think what is important for Amtrak is to, yes, get the money they've been promised by the government, but also to fire surly workers, improve conditions (clean the damned bathrooms!) and eventually look--assuming the gov. starts investing--towards building the network.
Food for thought. What do you think?
Scott