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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 3139132" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>Nope, they don't. <a href="http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/289648-feds-reverse-course-on-proposals-amtrak-said-would-increase-delays" target="_blank">http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/289648-feds-reverse-course-on-proposals-amtrak-said-would-increase-delays</a></p><p></p><p>I can't find the acutal law and not going to search too much harder for it but the GOV put a law on the books that says Amtrak has priority over freight. That was struck down by an appellate court in 2008 since Amtrak is basically like the post office, a private company owned by the GOV, and that Amtrak then had their hand in writing the law. But the supreme court threw out that ruling in 2015 <a href="http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/department-of-transportation-v-association-of-american-railroads/" target="_blank">http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/department-of-transportation-v-association-of-american-railroads/</a> which means that Amtrak has the priority over freight.</p><p></p><p>The problem is that Amtrak does not own the rails and they do not have any authority to enforce the law while most of the agencies involved are understaffed or just plain don't care about it <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Amtrak-has-priority-over-freight-but-5923268.php" target="_blank">https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Amtrak-has-priority-over-freight-but-5923268.php</a></p><p></p><p>So the conductors were wrong. If you ride the train again feel free to inform them of their error.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 3139132, member: 29706"] Nope, they don't. [URL]http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/289648-feds-reverse-course-on-proposals-amtrak-said-would-increase-delays[/URL] I can't find the acutal law and not going to search too much harder for it but the GOV put a law on the books that says Amtrak has priority over freight. That was struck down by an appellate court in 2008 since Amtrak is basically like the post office, a private company owned by the GOV, and that Amtrak then had their hand in writing the law. But the supreme court threw out that ruling in 2015 [URL]http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/department-of-transportation-v-association-of-american-railroads/[/URL] which means that Amtrak has the priority over freight. The problem is that Amtrak does not own the rails and they do not have any authority to enforce the law while most of the agencies involved are understaffed or just plain don't care about it [URL]https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Amtrak-has-priority-over-freight-but-5923268.php[/URL] So the conductors were wrong. If you ride the train again feel free to inform them of their error. [/QUOTE]
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