For Amtrak, Which Funding Track Now? [ Corrected 07/19/02 ] From: The Washington Post | Date: June 24, 2002| Author: Don Phillips | Copyright 2002 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Amtrak President David L. Gunn's declaration that the railroad might shut down this week was, in a symbolic way, the defining moment in a 31-year debate of what America wants the passenger train to be, how much it would cost and how we should pay for it.

At first, only a few people believed that Gunn's shutdown declaration was more than a familiar ploy to squeeze money from Congress. Now, with the start of the shutdown planned for Wednesday or Thursday, an administration trying to guid...

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