[rarestia]

Amtrak is what you get when the government subsidizes a dying industry.

[PGR88]

Amtrak is what you get when the government subsidizes a dying industry.

Its dying because its government regulated, mandated and controlled - and has been, increasingly so, for at least 110 years.

What would passenger rail travel be if it were completely deregulated and thrown open to human initiative, free-investment and free-management?

We will never know.

[frank ballenger]

Amtrak is what you get when the government subsidizes a dying industry.

Amtrak was first called RailPak but they thought it was too embarrassing.

Just before they took over, Johnny Carson said: "Police reported that last night someone broke a basement window of the headquarters of the Pennsylvania Railroad. They got into the offices and stole $11 million in debts."