Re: (erielack) Re: Meadville Line news!

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Blake,

We see the problems that governments have given railroads for decades.
We also have private freight railroads that have merged out of control.
Amtrak can never make a profit, because of its large size and politics.

Private enterprise and government input can do well to make US railroads
top shelf. The Southern Tier could be a demonstration project of a new
concept. 

Bus & trucking companies don't own the roads, airlines don't own the air
or the airports, and barge companies don't own the water.

One of the greatest ideas put fourth was the creation of the Interstate
Railway System. The government would maintain railroad rights of way as
it does with roads. Traffic control would also be a government function.

Private carriers would operate over the Rail Interstates and pay a user
fee. This would put railroads on the same playing field with the
competition.


 Jack Grasso


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