United Rail Passenger Alliance

Volume 3 Number 10

1. Shame on them for not knowing better. Shame on them for not being more creative. And, it’s true in Washington, if you want a friend, get a dog.What they (Amtrak staff management) should have known better about is that the hapless Diner Lite program is not going to work, based on past history; they should have had the institutional memory to figure it out. What they should have been more creative about is a way to work within the context of the Congressional micro-managing mandate to improve dining car and sleeping car financial results without resorting to Diner Lite.And, from a friend standpoint in Washington, look at what one Washington insider had to say about departing United States Department of Transportation Inspector General Kenneth Mead: (more…)