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Bigger Boulder; Steeper Mountain.

ByJim Loomis

Back in 1970, the freight railroads made a deal: the federal government would let them get out of the passenger business,     if they would contribute money and equipment to jump start a government supported national passenger rail system: Amtrak. And, they further agreed that they would give priority to Amtrak trains operating on…

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The Feds Are Finally Going To Get an Earful About Late Trains.

ByJim Loomis

Just about everyone knows that Amtrak’s on-time performance has deteriorated system wide over the past year. Much of the attention over the past year has been focused on the absolutely awful OTP of the Empire Builder, operating every day in each direction between Seattle or Portland on the west coast and Chicago. While there was…