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		midoridensha on Sept 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amtrak cancels all long-distance trains as freight... This should be a good thing for Amtrak: instead of its passenger trains having to stop and wait for higher-priority freight trains (!) to go by, they get unimpeded use of the tracks. What's the problem?

LargoLasskhyfv on Sept 15, 2022 | [–]

Maybe intentionally stopped freight trains blocking the tracks? Or dispatchers striking too? All signals RED!

yababa_y on Sept 15, 2022 | [–]

Lack of track maintenance / monitoring is my guess.

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