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To: alanrs who wrote (510926)	10/2/2012 10:25:18 AM
From: D. Long	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793974

In large part because Amtrak scotched the contract to keep the train running with a contract for train engineers. The successor investor for the Ski Train won a $1.1 million dollar federal case against Amtrak over it. FYI - the Ski Train ran for 69 years under private ownership before shutting down in the 2009 season. denverpost.com Amtrak ordered to pay $1.1 million for derailing ski-train plan. Posted: 07/08/2011 01:00:00 AM MDT The Denver Post A federal jury awarded $1.1 million in damages Thursday to a company that said Amtrak thwarted its efforts to revive a ski train between Denver and the resort town of Winter Park. Jurors found Amtrak breached an oral contract it had with Iowa Pacific Holdings, which hoped to offer trips during the 2009-10 ski season. Iowa Pacific argued Amtrak had promised to supply a train crew, but only weeks before service was to start, Amtrak raised the amount of insurance coverage Iowa Pacific had to get. When Iowa Pacific wasn't able to get the coverage, it canceled the season and refunded about 13,000 reservations