ADAM H. KERMAN wrote:   
   > At some point since the WWII, the federal and state government could have   
   > chosen to stop regulating railroads to death. It's wrong to criticize   
   > railroads for this period.   
    [...]   
   > On the passenger side, everybody INCLUDING the government just knew that   
   > passenger trains weren't going to survive the 1960s. That included   
   > commuter trains. Chicago lost five intercity passenger terminals, and   
   > Pennsy/Penn Central was allowed to demolish half of Union Station to   
   > build an inadequate replacement facility because commuter trains were   
   > going away. Washington Union Station had its capacity radically diminished   
   > as well.   
      
   > The public sector has been hideously awful throughout much of railroad   
   > history.   
      
   Be careful, you will confuse them with facts.  They have regulated railroads   
   to death in favor of other forms of transportation.   
      
   Mike   
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