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Doesn't Amtrak pay for that? I have a feeling if there was an effort to shut them down and replace it with buses, the freight companies would block it. They ben
by _ea1k 4y ago
Doesn't Amtrak pay for that? I have a feeling if there was an effort to shut them down and replace it with buses, the freight companies would block it. They benefit from the relationship.
- sclarisse 4y agoThis feeling is grossly at odds with the reality: hostility between host railroads and Amtrak is well known as the order of the day. Amtrak pays a well-below-market sweetheart rate, for trains that often miss their slots and snarl operations. No host railroad would miss them.