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I'm quite positive freight just has right of way because of the rail ownership. Are you quite sure it is the other way round?

• rafram 2y ago
  You’re incorrect. https://www.amtrak.com/on-time-performance https://www.amtrak.com/on-time-performance > For over 50 years, freight railroads have been required by law to provide Amtrak with “preference” to run passenger trains ahead of freight trains.
  • SoftTalker 2y ago
    I'm not sure I'd interpret "preference" to "right-of-way." Sounds like a much softer expectation, but could be wrong. Amtrak is a joke either way. The train I took from Chicago to Las Vegas was over 24 hours late, hit a car, flattened the wheels in the emergency braking so they could only go about 20mph to the next station where they had to change out the entire train, then had a mechanical breakdown, and when we finally arrived they had lost our luggage.
  • earthtograndma 2y ago
    The very next sentence is: "However, many freight railroads ignore the law because it is extremely difficult for Amtrak to enforce it, and as a result, people and the American economy suffer." This entire page is an attempt by Amtrak to explain why the trains are always waiting for freight traffic. I've taken the train many times, and they yield to freight traffic for hours every trip.