[tcrlaf]

Simple answer- AMTRAK is a Government-Run Company.
‘nuf said...

[Road Glide]

“Simple answer- AMTRAK is a Government-Run Company.”

Actually, Amtrak is a private company (heavily regulated) that relies on funding from the government. Kind of like the Post Office.

I spent considerable time from 1981 until 2012 running their locomotives.... (ran freight and commuter, too)

[Mr. Wright]

. . . and the employees belong to a Union. Enough said.