Originally Posted by
littlemookie
A recent article in the WSJ discussing the new high speed trains was showing that the odds are against amtrak in being chosen as managing these new trains. That's a bit unusual considering Amtrak is similar to a quasi governement company (like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac).
Take anything the WSJ says about Amtrak with a big grain of salt -- they are, shall we say, not fans.
Not just "similar to" -- Amtrak
is a quasi-government corporation, same as, for example, the U.S. Postal Service.