Re:Amtrak Goes Electric, Drops $466 Million on Siemens Elect...
by jnw2 on Sunday October 31, 2010 @01:56AM
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Congress has
1) Only chosen to buy 20 Acela trainsets, with one first class, one cafe, and four business class cars each, and I believe four of those are always scheduled to be undergoing maintenance at any given time.
2) Told Amtrak to try to make a profit
Given the constrains of needing to somehow decide which people get to use the inadequate number of seats, and trying to make money, how do you kill two birds with one stone?
1) Only chosen to buy 20 Acela trainsets, with one first class, one cafe, and four business class cars each, and I believe four of those are always scheduled to be undergoing maintenance at any given time.
2) Told Amtrak to try to make a profit
Given the constrains of needing to somehow decide which people get to use the inadequate number of seats, and trying to make money, how do you kill two birds with one stone?