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To: Brumar89 who wrote (579177)	8/2/2010 6:51:40 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572219

America’s system of rail freight is the world’s best. High-speed passenger trains could ruin it Why can't we have both? The freight railroads have learned to live with the limited Amtrak passenger services on their tracks. Occasionally they moan that Amtrak pays only about a fifth of the real cost of this access. Some railmen calculate that this is equivalent to a subsidy of about $240m a year, on top of what Amtrak gets from the government. Freight-RAIL people regard this glumly as just part of the cost of doing business, but their spirits will hardly lift if the burden grows. Learn to live with Amtrak?!! LMAO. I have sat on a sidetrack on an Amtrak train waiting 30 minutes for a mile long freight train to come by so it can have the right of way. This article is utter BS! Their main complaint, however, is that one Amtrak passenger train at 110mph will remove the capacity to run six freight trains in any corridor. Nor do they believe claims that PTC, due to be in use by 2015, will increase capacity by allowing trains to run closer together in safety. So it will cost billions to adapt and upgrade the lines to accommodate both a big rise in freight traffic and an unprecedented burgeoning of intercity passenger services. Indeed, some of the money that the White House has earmarked will go on sidings where freight trains can be parked while intercity expresses SPEED by. Most hi speed rail can't run on the same tracks that freight trains use. We can have both.