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Sunday, May 08, 2011

Amtrak Hits Forty

Amtrak is starting its 40th anniversary celebration, about the time the mid-life crises start to hit, but Amtrak has been in a crisis pretty much since it started.  It loses money like crazy and if it wasn't for federal subsidies, the people that are riding it now wouldn't be able to afford the tickets.

The Blaze has a less than complimentary look at Amtrak which you can read here, but since Amtrak went to the trouble to make a promo video, and since I like trains, here it is:

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