NEC equipment cleanliness

[had8ley]

Amtrak ended FY07 with a budget surplus of about $200 million. Total revenue from all sources exceeded expenses by $200 million in the fiscal year. The FY07 budget called for an end-of-year cash reserve of about $150 million. They ended up with well over $300 million. That's Amtrak's best cash position in years. So, yes indeed, Amtrak does have $2 million extra money with about $198 million to spare.
Amtrak is not nearly as poor as they would like you to believe.

PRR60,

So what is the approximate cost of running the Sunset over its suspended portion from Orlando, FL to New Orleans, LA?

Just curious.

Somewhere on this site the passenger subsidy WEST of New Orleans was 62 cents per passenger mile after the revenue fare was lifted. Amtrak will probably want a new depot in Mobile along the lines of Meridian in order to start service over again. My money is on the Crescent hitting the Huey Long bridge and heading west to San Antonio. You'll probably never get an Amtrak official to admit that they ever had service between New Orleans and Jacksonville once that happens.