News flash, demand for trains is off the charts and Amtrak is calling all manufacturers to provide new trainsets. Please suspend all non-essential usage.
OMB Bean Counter Wrote:
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> Mar 29, 2018 · Citing low profit margins and
> delays, Amtrak said it is ending charter services
> and special trains
>
> "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
>
> Per Richard Anderson, Amtrak no longer operates
> chartered trains. I'm sure that's what all the
> hoopla is about. It looks goofy when the CEO of
> Amtrak (even a past one) says there are to be no
> more chartered trains, and then Joe Biden comes
> along and they run a chartered train for him.
> Yes, that DOES sound like the "special treatment"
> that the Republicans were complaining about.
>
> His son Hunter used to be on the Amtrak Board of
> Directors. I will wager that coke was being
> served in the cafe car, but not necessarily the
> type with carbonated bubbles! Look out for those
> crack pipes stashed under the seat cushions!
>
> Sleepy Joe probably would have done better
> approaching CSX or NS and seeing if he could have
> chartered some of their office car equipment and
> not even have gotten Amtrak involved.
>
> But we have to understand that it IS Joe Biden we
> are talking about here. And get a load of this
> video that has some good train content!
>
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