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Bond Financing More Expensive," Dow Jones

vice, Chicago-St. Louis-Pittsburgh, Train 317,

Newswires, September 25, 2001.

1925, pp. 53­54.

137. Arnold, "Lawmakers Mull Future of

119. Amtrak Janesville-Chicago schedule, Train

Amtrak," Associated Press, July 25, 2001.

344, August 5, 2001, www.amtrak.com.

138. "Intercity Rail Passenger Service in America,"

120. The Official Guide of the Railways (New York:

p. 52.

National Railway Publication Company, June

1952), pp. 811­12.

139. Mead, Testimony before the Subcommittee

on Railroads of the House Committee on

121. Larry Sandler, "Amtrak Critic Wants

Transportation and Infrastructure, 107th Cong.,

Thompson Ousted," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,

1st sess., July 25, 2001, p. 4.

July 12, 2000.

140. John H. Anderson Jr., U. S. General

122. Fred Francis, "Amtrak: A Great Train Robbery?"

Accounting Office, Letter to Sen. Wayne Allard et

NBC News, Fleecing of America, May 2, 2001.

al., June 25, 2001, p. 2.

123. Sandler, "Amtrak to Drop Janesville Route,"

141. Ibid., Enclosure II, p. 31, slide 46.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 16, 2001.

142. Amtrak press release, ATK-98-22, untitled,

124. Sen. McCain, Testimony before the

February 25, 1998.

Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee of

the Senate Appropriations Committte, 107th

143. Arnold, "High-Speed Rail Bill Prepared,"

Cong., 1st sess., June 28, 2001, p. 3.

Associated Press, September 7, 2001.

125. Sandler, "Amtrak Cancels Fond du Lac Plans,"

144. Quoted in Wes Vernon, "Let's Build a High-

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 10, 2001.

Speed Railroad for the Country," Destination:

Freedom, September 10, 2001, nationalcorridors.

126. Chris Youngquist, "Amtrak to Forgo

org/df09102001.shtml.

Chicago-to-Des Moines Route," Quad City Times,

August 18, 2001.

145. Carmichael, Response to Questions before

the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transpor-

127. "The Market Based Network Analysis of the

tation Committee, September 26, 2000.

National Railroad Passenger Corporation," Amtrak

report to Congress, February 29, 2000, p. 29.

146. Quoted in Arnold, "Lawmakers Mull Future

of Amtrak," Associated Press, July 25, 2001.

128. Carmichael, Letter to Amtrak Chairman

Tommy G. Thompson, November 12, 1999, pp. 2­3.

147. Dukakis, "A Down-to-Earth Solution to

Airport Gridlock."

129. "Intercity Rail Passenger Service in America," p. 9.

148. "Financial Performance of Amtrak's Routes,"

130. Ibid., p. 84.

General Accounting Office, GAO/RCED-98-151,

May 1998, p. 2.

131. "USA: Suit Seeks Detailed Financial Data on

Amtrak," Reuters, July 30, 2001; and "Amtrak

149. Cited in Vranich, Derailed: What Went Wrong

Sued to Disclose Train Finances," PR Newswire,

July 30, 2001.

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132. "Trop Peu, Trop Tard, Trop Amtrak," The

150. Sen. Wayne Allard, Congressional Record, July

Economist, August 11, 2001.

20, 2000, pp. S7341­S7342.

133. Dukakis, "A Down-to-Earth Solution to Airport

151. Scheinberg, "Amtrak Faces Challenges in

Gridlock," New York Times, September 1, 2001.

Improving Its Financial Condition," Testimony

134. Thomas C. Palmer Jr., "Fast Train: Well to Us,

before  the  Subcommittee  on  Ground

but Not to Europeans," Boston Globe, October 7,

Transportation of the House Committee on

1999.

Transportation and Infrastructure, 106th Cong.,

1st sess., October 28, 1999, p. 3.

135. "High Speed Rail Initiatives," August 5, 2001,

152. "Federal Funds Approved to Help PennDOT

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Buy New Trains," PR Newswire, September 16,

136. John Connor, "CBO Says Amtrak Tax-Credit

1997.

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