Letters

Consider the Freight Train

I am flabbergasted by Kevin A. Hassett’s piece “Off the Rails” (March 9), which includes the statement “Even the worst rail systems in Europe are superior to the Amtrak-dominated American railroad system.” Amtrak forms a small part of American rail operations, and is dependent on government support, while the for-profit railway companies go from strength to strength applying modern technology to the movement of freight that is the backbone of the American economy.