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[quote user="schlimm"] I believe the Supreme Court is reviewing this case: "A federal judge struck down the law that told railroad dispatchers to give Amtrak priority over freight trains. Since then Amtrak’s on-time arrivals have slipped across the country, to just 74 percent since last October." <a href="http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/blogs/frank-n-wilner/amtraks-sisyphean-struggle-to-run-on-time.html">http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/blogs/frank-n-wilner/amtraks-sisyphean-struggle-to-run-on-time.html</a> So it would appear uncertain whether currently the private lines are not required to give Amtrak priority. [/quote] This is an excellent article.  Lots of good thoughts in it.  Here is one that I like: "Former Federal Railroad Administrator Bob Blanchette, while later vice president of law for the Association of American Railroads (AAR), observed that Amtrak’s preference right could not, rightfully, extend into perpetuity; that Congress, in imposing the preference mandate in 1973, could not have foreseen the necessitous slimming down of America’s freight rail network, the subsequent growth in freight traffic, and the shift to a just-in-time logistics model for industries requiring stop-watch precision for freight shipment arrivals." If nothing else the issue is a good workfare program for lawyers, consultants, and might I say accountants. Ah, if we could get Benito and his thugs back, we might get the issue resolved in short order.  And if that doesn't work, 59 mph sounds OK to me.  That is about how fast I like to drive.  Well, maybe we should round it up to 60 mph.  Easier to remember!
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