clem k posted:Feds played for the North Baltimore Ohio intermodal yard. And the roads to get to it from I 75.
They are paying for the Chicago rail traffic congestion fix, haven't heard to much about that one lately
They paid for track improvements and tunnel enlargements to get from east coast to Chicago. Diverted funds from highway trust fund
All my information I read in Trains magazine or newspapers. All these projects have names that I forgot.
The subsidies that the freight railroads got on those projects is a tiny drop in the bucket compared to the subsidies paid on behalf of the trucking industry and the airlines. Railroads have to maintain their own rights of way and then pay property taxes on those same rights of way! No trucking company or airline has to do that.
The special excursion business that Amtrak has chosen to give up could be profitable, if Amtrak wanted to make an effort to achieve those profits. Instead they seem to have taken the position that it’s too much trouble to do that, so we’ll just be happy to lose money where it’s easiest.
