(Source: Roll Call, December 2, 2013)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress is expected to reauthorize rail programs next year. Supporters say the operation needs an infusion of taxpayer investment to upgrade the profitable Northeast Corridor operations and make improvements across the network. Critics would prefer to see the railroad scale back money-losing operations, reduce taxpayer subsidies and move toward more privatization. The critics point to Amtrak’s food service operations as an example of how not to run a railroad.
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