It was corrected.The Economist coverage: http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2014/12/congress-and-amtrakI suppose the Economist did not do its homework on who owns the Northeast Corridor. Oh well. All this is likely hard to keep track of from London.The justices travelling the Northeast corridor may find their Amtrak routes running late more often if the company is forced to give freight competitors a fair shake.
Yeah, government is always about the people implementing the rules, not about the actual rules. Such is life.At the end of the day though, even without those metrics if STB so chooses it can act on egregious divergence from reasonable operational delays caused by mishandling of Amtrak trains by host railroads. OTOH, even with the metrics in place, the STB could simply not do much. AFAICT in both cases it is upto Amtrak to petition the STB to do something and for the STB to actually do something.
A private rail road in hot water over Amtrak schedule keeping? Anybody have dates and railroads punished for abusing Amtrak in recent memory or is this just another unsubstantiated boogieman we're helpfully creating out of thin air?
:blink:A private rail road in hot water over Amtrak schedule keeping? Anybody have dates and railroads punished for abusing Amtrak in recent memory or is this just another unsubstantiated boogieman we're helpfully creating out of thin air?
I'll be a lot more cynical if the STB complaint that Amtrak filed against NS in the fall gets killed off. The complaint has been filed and is before the STB, so we'll see what happens.A private rail road in hot water over Amtrak schedule keeping? Anybody have dates and railroads punished for abusing Amtrak in recent memory or is this just another unsubstantiated boogieman we're helpfully creating out of thin air?
Off the top of my head I believe that CSX and NS were taking some heat from DOT for the delays in Ohio around October.
I ask again whether slots actually exits or are a myth. Back in November I rode #5 from MTP to DEN. As we were arriving in Denver, the conductor apologized for the almost 3 hour late arrival, saying that engine problems caused a 1/2 hour late departure from CHI which causes us to be out of slot.Moreover, it isn't always clear who to blame...if UP regularly delays a train before it gets to BNSF territory by, say, 60 minutes and the train then loses four hours by being out of slot ...
Why would less than 80% OTP, with an hour of "It was totally on time" in addition to the hours of padding that it already receives, ever be considered an acceptable service for Amtrak to initiate?If Amtrak loses this case, could it mean that it would be easier to add service, like daily Sunset, Desert Wind, etc., as the freight railroads could potentially demand fewer infrastructure enhancements because they no longer need to meet the 80% OTP threshold for LD trains? Perhaps losing the case would actually be a good thing
The freight railroads are openly funding anti-Amtrak politicians. Might as well fight them while you're still standing instead of waiting until you're on your knees.Better to keep the sleeping dog lie.
Amtrak's STB filing was against both NS and CSX.I believe the complaint that Amtrak filed with STB is only about NS. CSX is not involved in that. The complaint is about NS's handling of the Capitol Limited between Chicago and Pittsburgh, which is entirely NS. Amtrak has not filed any complaints about the handling of the Lake Shore limited between Schenectady and Cleveland, which would be CSX, yet. Some folks think, that is partly because Amtrak's own problems on LSL are too significant for Amtrak to complain about those delays. Better to keep the sleeping dog lie.
NS fires back in two STB filings, including the gem "Norfolk Southern's freight arteries are not Amtrak's private playground".
A**holes.
http://www.stb.dot.gov/filings/all.nsf/ba7f93537688b8e5852573210004b318/7ca97a4ec7ca8a6485257dc6006ec1ad/$FILE/237396.pdf
http://www.stb.dot.gov/filings/all.nsf/ba7f93537688b8e5852573210004b318/cb3789801120aa1c85257dc60067f5b8?OpenDocument
CSX filed too, but I haven't read 'em yet.
http://www.stb.dot.gov/filings/all.nsf/ba7f93537688b8e5852573210004b318/8fa0c929e68a773d85257dc60077e93f?OpenDocument
http://www.stb.dot.gov/filings/all.nsf/ba7f93537688b8e5852573210004b318/6d78638412e60e8b85257dc6007645e4?OpenDocument
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