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Hi Eddie: From Railway Age, Magazine • October 4, 2018

The Amtrak era is over. It’s time for a replacement

Railway Age editor William C. Vantuono wondered recently what exactly Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson is trying to accomplish by truncating long-distance routes, replacing fresh dining-car meals with MREs*, and replacing station agents with nobody.

Is Anderson trying to drive passengers off the long-distance system so he can close it? (Ben Biaggini tried that at Southern Pacific in the 1960s, and it worked.)

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Gary: Rail-fan

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