They say Sen. Lott is a big Amtrak supporter, but . .

it's hard to see how that reconciles with his and Sen. Cochran's proposal to relocate CSX's Gulf Coast main line way inland. And turn the current CSX right of way into a new U.S. Highway 90.

We're speaking, of course, of the route of the Sunset Limited, when it resumes running east of New Orleans.