by Gilbert B Norman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amtraks-co ... 1624181404
Like the NPR Podcast Mr. Wolf immediately submitted, this materiak appearing in today's Journal breaks new ground:
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Like the NPR Podcast Mr. Wolf immediately submitted, this materiak appearing in today's Journal breaks new ground:
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WASHINGTON—Amtrak and the Biden administration have a $75 billion plan to transform passenger train travel across America—but aside from funding, the biggest challenge might be getting the nation’s freight railroads to get on board.But these general circulation sources all seem to forget railroads are investor owned and the foremost priority of their managers is, or best be lest Mr. Ichan be knocking at the door, is maximizing the return to those shareholders. Towards that end, Precision Railroading or some variant thereof, seems to be "the hot ticket" - and PSR is quite incompatible with the operation of scheduled passenger trains.
The seven major freight carriers have long resisted calls to make more room on their tracks for trains carrying people rather than coal, grain and steel. Current and former federal officials say the greatest impediment to Amtrak’s national expansion could be finding a way to work with freight carriers.