What Will Be Passenger Rail’s Fate Under Trump?
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What Will Be Passenger Rail’s Fate Under Trump?

ByJim Loomis

Amtrak could be in trouble. As we speak—and compatible with the ideology of their benefactors, the Koch Brothers—the Heritage Foundation has apparently made a number of budget and tax recommendations to the Trump Administration. Those include their entirely predictable approach to passenger rail in this country: no more subsidies for Amtrak.   As it is,…

Lies, Damn Lies, and Amtrak Accounting.
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Amtrak Accounting.

ByJim Loomis

For years, there has been a simmering controversy surrounding Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, which refers to the Boston-New York-Washington portion of the Amtrak system over which the sorta-high-speed Acelas operate.   Amtrak says the Northeast Corridor is profitable. The media reports that it’s profitable. Politicians believe it’s profitable. The public doesn’t care if it’s profitable as…