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Actually most hot shot trains are at least notionally run on a schedule. And of course some deviation from schedule happens for them too just like it does for scheduled passenger service. I find it hard to believe that the same train goes by more or less at the same time every day by here on FEC, if theya re not running to some schedule. So I believe it to be inaccurate to say that freights run when they're ready, free of any schedule.
I believe notwithstanding what we might wish to believe, there will be significant negotiations involved with CSX when restarting service if that ever comes to pass. At least a timetable need to be negotiated and trackage charges too since the contract under which the train operated has expired and the law under which it ran has been superseded. And that has little to do with slot or no slot. It has to do with what the owner of a property can ask for, even though easements are provided for on the property.
I believe notwithstanding what we might wish to believe, there will be significant negotiations involved with CSX when restarting service if that ever comes to pass. At least a timetable need to be negotiated and trackage charges too since the contract under which the train operated has expired and the law under which it ran has been superseded. And that has little to do with slot or no slot. It has to do with what the owner of a property can ask for, even though easements are provided for on the property.