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You vs the person they tell you not to worry about (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Other way around. Amtrak does have priority on all tracks per the 1973 Amtrak Improvement Act. However, this isn't enforced, and the rail companies are kicking and screaming to keep it from being enforced.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting. I had heard that many of the rail lines are used under contract because they're privately owned by the freight companies and that the freight trains having priority was a stipulation of those contracts. Not the lines marked on this map, as those are Amtrak lines, but all the other ones across the country. It might be a local commuter rail thing or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh no, that’s not owned by Amtrak. Amtrak owns the NEC Boston to DC, but very little of the rest

The map is Amtrak service, which commonly runs on track owned by freight carriers