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Are There Any Private Running Trains in the US?

Are There Any Private Running Trains in the US?

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limitgov Posted: Tue, Apr 12 2011 8:35 AM

The only trains I know about are the government controlled Amtrak trains.  Are there any private trains running in the US?

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jay replied on Tue, Apr 12 2011 10:00 AM

To my knowledge, there aren't, and there probably won't be without state-assistance.

No entrepreneur can compete in the long run with subsidized/taxpayer funded methods of transit (streets, public transit) unless they want start a charity.

"The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -C.S. Lewis
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freeradicals replied on Tue, Apr 12 2011 10:08 AM

RIP James Jerome Hill

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chunter replied on Tue, Apr 12 2011 1:24 PM

wish there was.  I'd ride em. and I'm sure my kids would love to as well.

Its a shame the government stole this from us.  Why did we let them?

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cporter replied on Wed, Apr 13 2011 2:11 PM

freeradicals:
RIP James Jerome Hill

No doubt. :)

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