tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903937763350788308.post1303026980743121619..comments2023-04-27T03:19:55.560-07:00Comments on Reason & Rail: Amtrak Thruway and the Bakersfield GapPaul Drucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856513230667005087noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903937763350788308.post-76322843304130095442015-11-01T03:53:39.699-08:002015-11-01T03:53:39.699-08:00Useful info on UP for perspective on the situation...Useful info on UP for perspective on the situation. <br />As to NM government, along with Colorado it has been an advocate for rail, supporting improvements to road bed. This way they are preserving Southwest Chief service through their states.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903937763350788308.post-67868447009786937792012-06-09T14:04:06.805-07:002012-06-09T14:04:06.805-07:00Union Pacific has put Amtrak over a barrel when it...Union Pacific has put Amtrak over a barrel when it comes to the Sunset Limited. In order to get some improvements, Amtrak agreed not to ask UP for daily service... before 2014. That year is not coincidental. At that point the political landscape could be entirely different.<br /><br />Amtrak has an awful lot on its plate in the intervening two years; the new section 209 rules will be fully implemented, the new Viewliners will arrive and the new bilevel corridor cars will arrive, several new services will start, e-ticketing and point-of-sale food service will be implemented, along with a whole bunch of capital improvement projects. <br /><br />I assume that fighting with an intransigent UP didn't seem like the best use of time, particularly while the AZ and NM governments are hostile to rail. The politics will change in two years and Amtrak will presumably try again.<br /><br />--NathanaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com