BJORK@SU-SCORE.ARPA (Steven Bjork) (04/20/85)
The current attempt by the administration to dump amtrak and conrail is quite sad to me. This would put USA in the position of being the only country in the world that does not operate a (nationalized) railroad. There is historical precident for the keeping of the lines, during WWI the gov. took over operation of all lines to clear up the state of anarchy caused by lack of coordination among the armed services for allocation of rail services. My suggestion is for the retention of both amtrak and conrail, and use of conrail profits to subsidise the passenger service. Unfortunately, the current administration would see RED... It would be Pure Communism in it's eyes. I suppose that I'm being as unrealistic as those that wish to revive steam... --Steve -------
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (04/23/85)
> > The current attempt by the administration to dump amtrak and conrail is > quite sad to me. This would put USA in the position of being the only > country in the world that does not operate a (nationalized) railroad. I suppose you want us to follow the European lead and have a nationalized car industry as well.
jeh@ritcv.UUCP (Jim Heliotis) (04/25/85)
> > ... > ... My suggestion is for the retention of > both amtrak and conrail, and use of conrail profits to subsidise the > passenger service. ... > ... If I have my facts straight, ConRail is not now or soon won't be publicly owned. The original intent was to keep it for a few years and then sell it when it became profitable. I seem to remember hearing Chessie bought it. BTW, I agree. The day we lose AmTrak will be a sad day indeed. Jim Heliotis {allegra,seismo}!rochester!ritcv!jeh rocksvax!ritcv!jeh ritcv!jeh@Rochester