tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567847500030473724.post2514967309246431563..comments2023-09-05T08:48:03.419-04:00Comments on Expatriate Games: The Anti-ClimaxGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381501855218421317noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567847500030473724.post-62094365488272910022008-02-21T22:41:00.000-05:002008-02-21T22:41:00.000-05:00What you have to understand is it is not Amtrak's ...What you have to understand is it is not Amtrak's fault.<BR/><BR/>Outside the Northeast Corridor (NEC) between Boston and Washington, DC. Amtrak does not own any of those tracks out there in Chicago etc.<BR/>Its long distance trains are at the mercy of private freight railroads. <BR/><BR/>Much of the delays Amtrak gets is because of the freight railroads.<BR/><BR/>It is a large problem.<BR/><BR/>However if you come out to the NEC between boston and washington, DC, AMTRAK actually owns those tracks and no freight trains run on them, on the NEC they have 50% of the market competing with the Airlines.<BR/>And trains there are remarkably on time, the NEC is also where America's only bullet train the Acela Express runs on.<BR/><BR/>The government simply for whatever in its wisdom does not want to fund Amtrak so it can own more tracks so people don't get delayed by freight railroads like out where you were.<BR/><BR/>If you want to know more or help expand the US rail system, contact the national association of railway passengers www.narp.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com