I don’t think Amtrack owns the tracks it runs on. Those are owned by individual freightlines and Amtrack has the use of them. So if the tracks were crumbling, and I don’t know that they were, then it’s because a private company refused to make the investment and not the government.
Hi DD,
You are basically correct, but, IIRC, the “mainline” between DC and NYC is the property of AMTRACK.
Is AMTRAK a “private corporation”?
Not in the same sense as BNSF or KCS or NS.