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Amtrak IS privatized - and there's the problem; where else in the world is a large domestic passenger rail system fully privatized? It gets subsidies just like the airlines and automobile companies.With this kind of unreliability of AMTRAK. there is no way any of us staunch proponents of passenger rail can promote AMTRAK as a viable or even existent rail passenger service! AMTRAK needs to be privatized immediately. It CAN and must be self-sufficient.
And regarding the cracks in the Talgo equipment, here's a quote from a SoCal conductor this weekend: "No wonder - they beat the hell out of those things!"