by Philly Amtrak Fan
mtuandrew wrote:If Anderson cuts the Amtrak deficit to essentially zero, he has the ability to Corridor-chop service like the Cardinal without Congress needing to be involved. WV gets daily service NYP-CHW, Ohio gets daily service CHI-CIN, and he cuts some losses. Arizona, NM and Texas keep a Texas Eagle CHI-FTW and a Sunset Limited LAX-FTW, Houston gets a daily Regional train from either San Antonio or Ft. Worth, and again, he cuts a few more losses. BOS-ALB gets a Regional, etc. So on, and so on, and so on.I don't know what your entire plan is but in the case of the Cardinal, Cincinnati passengers would no longer be able to go to the East Coast but would be able to take a daily train to Chicago (and Indianapolis). I'm not sure if that's a negative. Houston would trade a 3x/week SL for a daily Regional to SA or Ft. Worth. I think they make that trade, especially if it's Ft. Worth and it includes Dallas along the way (Dallas is further east). I don't know how practical these changes would be but they don't all seem bad.
I don’t like it, but I see the business sense.