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Re: SP & Amtrak
Author: jst3751
Date: 06-18-2018 - 16:10

Sgt. Joe Friday Wrote:
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> And for all the bad publicity SP received (some of
> it deserved, I think) about their attitude toward
> passenger trains pre-Amtrak, the SP equipment that
> went to Amtrak was generally in good condition.
> Maybe not to the same standard as the ATSF rolling
> stock, but a high percentage of Amtrak's starting
> fleet came from SP, UP, ATSF, and BN.

ATSF? Didn't ATSF continue to operate their own passenger trains for several years, "selling" them to Amtrak at a later date?

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