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I'm sure all of the freight railroads are shaking in their boots (from laughter no doubt) over Amtrak's quarterly report card on OTP. So, who flunked? The answer surprised me!
Which freight railroads got flunking grades from Amtrak
By Eric Anderson Updated 4:50 pm, Friday, March 23, 2018
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Additionally, here is another article from Progressive Railroading. Amtrak grades host freight railroads' performance
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Which freight railroads got flunking grades from Amtrak
By Eric Anderson Updated 4:50 pm, Friday, March 23, 2018
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Amtrak based its grades on the minutes of delay its trains faced per 10,000 train miles.
Norfolk Southern and Canadian National both received failing grades. Norfolk Southern hosts the Lake Shore Limited, the daily train from Chicago to New York and Boston via Albany, on its tracks between Cleveland Chicago.
Canadian National hosts the Adirondack service between Rouses Point and Montreal. Virtually all of the CN trackage is in Canada."We continuously work with Amtrak to provide reliable passenger service," CN spokesman Patrick Waldron said Friday.
CSX, which hosts the Lake Shore Limited from the Capital Region to Cleveland, as well as the Maple Leaf and Niagara Falls services, received a C."CSX hosts more passenger trains on its network than any other Class I railroad in the eastern United States, and we have a long history of working well with our passenger rail partners," a spokeswoman said. "CSX takes Amtrak's performance very seriously and provides Amtrak trains preference over freight trains in accordance with federal law.
"While the issue of on-time performance is more complex than a simple letter grade implies, we are committed to working with Amtrak to meet our contractual obligations to them, and to support passenger rail as a safe, efficient transportation alternative in the U.S.," she said.
Additionally, here is another article from Progressive Railroading. Amtrak grades host freight railroads' performance
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I can't believe CSX managed a "C". I demand a recount!!Amtrak's first Host Railroad Report Card gives letter grades to six Class Is based on delays per 10,000 train miles. Specifically, that is defined as the number of minutes of host-responsible delay, divided by the number of Amtrak train miles operated over that host, times 10,000.
The first report card covers January through December 2017. Amtrak gave Canadian Pacific a grade of A for performance, BNSF Railway Co. a B+, Union Pacific Railroad a B-, CSX a C, and Norfolk Southern Railway and CN an F.
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