Ray Lombardo posted:If you look at a private railroad like NS, if I recall correctly labor and benefit expenses are in the neighborhood of 2.7 billion on total revenue of 10 billion. This is how they maintain trackage and equipment withou relying on direct state support. The comparison is startling to me.
Funny you mentioned this. It would be interesting to compare the average compensation package of a freight worker versus the average compensation package of an Amtrak worker. I would imagine the freight service is what is driving up Amtrak's labor costs.
