johnny.menhennet
Conductor
I was wondering something about the cuts of 1979. The cuts took a devastating toll to the LD network, and it was supposedly to save money. However, that same year, the Pioneer and Desert Wind, and maybe others I don't know, were started in previously unserved markets without state funding. So if so many popular trains were all cut, then what was the justification for spending more money and using more equipment to start new routes at a time when Amtrak "couldn't afford to keep the money-losing LD services?" Was this politically motivated in an attempt to please the lawmakers in the west?