From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net

 wrote in message
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> On Saturday, April 5, 2014 6:00:41 PM UTC-4, conklin wrote:
>
>> Without revenue from freight operations, the NE corridor is not
>> econmically viable.
>
> False to Fact.
>
> 1) This thread is about National Train Day, which has nothing to do with
> the issue of revenues/expenses.
>
> 2) Both newspaper and magazine (including this month's Trains magazine)
> reported that the Northeast Corridor makes an operating profit, not
> counting capital expenditures (which are high).
>
>
>

As the Trains article states, without freight revenue, the Northeast
Corridor is in danger of "falling apart," due to lack of capital needed to
repair bridges, etc.  National Train Day needs to be about all the functions
of a railroad, not just the money-losing passenger train.

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