That food in my hand????

Yeah, food fight just about sums it up. Whatever the case, AMTRAK has been a poor orphan child ever since it was founded in 1971, in an attempt by the Nixon Administration to save the dying passenger railroad business in the U.S. Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have given it adequate funding or support, although Members of Congress from both parties have mined it for pork barrel projects. Both sides would kill rail transportation in a minute if they could get away with it.

For rail transportation to be a success in the U.S., people have to believe in it - and too few Americans have any concern for passenger rail. They'll miss it when it's gone.

-Joe-