Re: Cal Zepher incident at Elko last night?
Author: Juppo
Date: 05-20-2011 - 16:58
Bruce Wrote:
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> Good God, Let's do let SW Airlines run Amtrak -
> then your knees will be in the seat in front of
> you, you'll have to listen to inane announcements,
> and the only food will be peanuts. Come on!!!
> Amtrak is underfunded and does miracles with the
> $$$'s they do get and the P42's are aging.
I agree that letting any airline run passenger rail is a mistake. They can't run airlines!
With that said, Amtrak is not underfunded. That's what they want you to think. So they can get more money to waste on pointless BS that has nothing to do with better service. P42's are not aging. The newest ones are 8 years old! The average age is about 12 years maybe less. That's not an elderly locomotive by any means. They should never have bought such cheap garbage. They should have thoroughly rebuilt their F40 fleet. Like Via Rail.