Video: Amtrak CEO says current rail infrastructure needs to grow or die in the U.S.


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It’ll take a major investment from the government over many years before Amtrak’s CEO achieves his dreams of high-speed rail on the Northeast Corridor.

Amtrak carried more than 31 million passenger in 2012, the most passengers in its 41-year history. It also needed more than a billion dollars in tax payer subsidies to pay all of its bills. While many lawmakers lobby to turn the passenger train