Special report: Gov. Shapp on what's wrong with rail transportation: An EE turned successful politician suspects a conspiracy of rail interests in the U.S. against business and the public

Milton J. Shapp, Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, thinks the Rail Reorganization Act — a Federal program, currently before Congress, ostensibly intended to rehabilitate the deteriorating rail network in the northeastern United States — may be a conspiracy on the part of the financially sound western railroads to “pick up” profitable eastern mainline business “at the expense of the less well-heeled railroads already in existence.” This and other outspoken views were expressed by Gov. Shapp in an exclusive interview with Spectrum on a day in April when the Governor was scheduled to attend an Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) hearing that was held in New York City.