Reply To: Amtrak use of MP passenger cars

[Mike Vana]

I’ve had former MoPac employees swear up and down that when Amtrak was formed, most of the money appropriated went to shore up the Penn Central and that was the major intent all along.. Their motive power and rolling stock were in terrible shape but Amtrak kept pouring money into PC in an attempt to stave off the inevitable. The ex-PC e-units on the National Limited were always failing west of St. Louis.