IMO routing the Gulf coast train to Montgomery - Auburn - LaGrange - ATL is great. Have the Crescent continue to Birmingham - Meridian and then to finally end at Dallas / FT. Worth. Gulf coast train would connect to Crescent at Atlanta. Gives station ATL and north access to New Orleans. Any south of ATL on revised Crescent run thruway from Meridian.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/us/a ... d=em-share
However, here is the Fair Use quotation that represents the best takeaway:
. Freight companies own a majority of the United States’ railroad tracks, but federal law requires them to give Amtrak access and preference for use.RPSA70, which remains controlling legislation, does not give Amtrak the right to inform a Class I "we're going to start running a train from A to B tomorrow. Get ready" but rather it says that the parties will negotiate in good faith......"