Tom Downs to Amtrack detractors: "Get out of my face."(Amtrak CEO Tom Downs)(Interview) From: Railway Age | Date: December 1, 1996| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1996 Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Tom Downs maintains that Amtrak deserves some of the credit for the growth and profitability of freight railroads. He believes it is unfair for freight railroads to want to eliminate losses from passenger railroads while expecting passenger operators to pay for more capacity.

Amtrak President and Chairman Tom Downs is facing a tough situation as the freight railroad megamerger scene unfolds. Just where will Amtrak fit in the new railroad order? And what can Amtrak do to ensure that, in the freight railroads' rush to consolidate and streamline, it doesn't get shoved onto a siding?

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