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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)

3. Something wrong with this story.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Aug 29, 2016, 12:27 PM

Aug 2016

Amtrak generally does not own its physical facilities, but rents everything from the railroads. As for the person who said he family rented from Amtrak since 1946, Amtrak was established in 1971, so it seems to me the author of this piece got some details wrong.

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Amtrak Hikes Rents For Backyard Spaces From $25 to $25K, Residents Say [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 OP

What the Hell Gate? KamaAina Aug 2016 #1

As long as you're asking, why not go for a cool million? unblock Aug 2016 #2

Something wrong with this story. HassleCat Aug 2016 #3

Whoops. I didn't catch that. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #4

Seems that way. HassleCat Aug 2016 #5

Increases like this are unnecessarily clumsy Warpy Aug 2016 #6