A railroader’s plan for Amtrak Susquehanna’s Walter Rich thinks Class 1s should get back in the passenger business — but not in the traditional way by Bill Stephens Walter Rich — the man who transformed sleepy short line New York, Susquehanna & Western into a key transcontinental link for double-stack traffic — has crafted what seems to be a sensible plan for saving Amtrak. At first blush, the plan seems to be a non-starter. That’s because Rich envisions having the Class 1 freight railroads resume operating passenger trains for the first time since they fled the money-losing passenger business...