(erielack) Thank You Don and Ed!

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Don and Ed, I agree with you ! Keep the news coming! Glad to hear from you!..........Lackawanna Lance


Don Kern <doubletrack_@_comcast.net> wrote:

>Good Points Ed.... For those of you counting... Its like CSX 8, All other RRs 2
>of the last 10 Amtrak Derailments,  Its not Even close......And CSX is So POOR now
>they have to go back to a Simple Paint Scheme  ala C&O/B&O in the Mid 60s
>
>ed montgomery wrote:
>
>> I got a couple of responses regarding my reporting on the Capitol Limited
>> yesterday asking what does it have to do with EL?  Well, not a whole lot on
>> the surface;  I'll admit that.  But neither did Amtrak wrecks on the CSX along
>> the old "Water-Level Route" did either.  As you dig deeper though, there is
>> something to garner from this.  At a time when efforts are being made to
>> restore passenger service on the Cut-off to Scranton or beyond, stories like
>> this get the attention of politicians.  CSX does not have a good record for
>> track maintenance and their relationship with MARC Rail is at best cordial.  I
>> find it interesting that Amtrak has had all these mishaps lately, and they
>> were all on lines they didn't own.  I'm sure things like this get the
>> attention of NS when people start talking about running passenger trains on
>> their tracks as well.
>>
>> It does create a tough situation for Amtrak as a passenger carrier.  In
>> Today's WASHINGTON POST Don Phillips reported on the number of Super Liners
>> that are bad-ordered because of being wrecked and not repaired over the last 5
>> years.  Amtrak is getting to the point where they are almost out of Super
>> Liner diners.  He said that David Gunn gave the order to start repairing
>> passenger equipment now, regardless of whether there is funding or not.
>>
>> The wreck in Washington could have effects on proposed passenger service
>> elsewhere.  The more informed the railfan community is about these things, the
>> better off they will be in discussing these issues with others who are not
>> informed.
>>
>> Sort of EL related from,
>>
>> Ed Montgomery
>
>


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