Re: Speaking of dumpster fires, Amtrak charter service ended in 2018
Author: Hutch.429
Date: 10-01-2020 - 07:09
Prop Head Rust Wrote:
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> Former Vice President Joe Biden kicked off a train
> tour Wednesday 9/30/2020.
Already covered earlier.
> Speaking at a small rail station in Alliance,
> Ohio,
>
> "Does you president have any idea, understand what
> you're going through? And if he does, does he care
> about it?" Biden said.
A fair question. Does he?
> Dateline 2018:
> "Amtrak will no longer operate charter services or
> special trains. These operations caused
> significant operational distraction, failed to
> capture fully allocated profitable margins and
> sometimes delayed our paying customers on our
> scheduled trains”- Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson
Anderson is no longer CEO, and this policy changed slightly toward the end of his tenure.
> Mar 29, 2018 · Citing low profit margins and
> delays, Amtrak said it is ending charter services
> and special trains
2018
> We now return to 2020:
Comforting to know you can use a calendar.
> Biden can stuff his "equity" malarkey in
> rustville.
Next stop Mar-aLargo.
> Also,
> Why does the engine look like an E or F unit on
> the sign inside the car?
Because that is the way the designer created it.
> The dents look great under the 'Build Better' sign
> posted outside on the car.
Not really.
> More malarkey at every turn.
See above.