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Amtrak hopes to resolve Pennsylvania freight customer complaint about track project
WASHINGTON — Amtrak has told federal regulators that it wants to find a way to resolve a complaint from freight customers who will lose access to Norfolk Southern service for several weeks during trackwork on the Philadelphia-Harrisburg main line.
Amtrak plans to shut one track to all traffic starting this month, which would prevent NS from serving some local shippers on the line via its trackage rights. Wenger and Esbenshade, which produce animal feed for distribution throughout the Northeast, would lose service to their feed mills in Mount Joy, Pa., for the duration of the project, the companies told the Surface Transportation Board in a complaint filed last week.
The NS customers sought an injunction to halt the trackwork as well as a directed service order that would keep freight cars moving.
Norfolk Southern said it wants to maintain the status quo and pursue board-sponsored mediation.
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