(Source: Railway Age, November 26, 2018)
NEW YORK — Many people probably thought that when Amtrak President and CEO Richard Anderson rejected a request from the United States Marine Corps. to run this year’s Toys for Tots train, a lot of poor kids would be disappointed. Wrong. A lot of railroaders understood that if the Toys for Tots train didn’t run, the public would blame the railroad industry, including the freight railroads, since no passenger train runs along the Southern Tier route. Amtrak deserves the blame for canceling the train at the last moment and refusing requests to reconsider. Amtrak’s CEO probably will never understand how stupid and mean-spirited his decision was.
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