From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   conklin  wrote:   
      
   >>From the Philadelphia Inquirer:  (wwww.philly.com)   
      
   >>Seeking to improve on-time performance of its long-distance passenger   
   >>trains, Amtrak has filed a complaint against Canadian National Railway, a   
   >>major operator of freight trains.   
      
   >>Amtrak asked the federal Surface Transportation Board to investigate   
   >>Canadian National for delaying passenger trains that operate on the   
   >>freight railroad in Illinois.   
      
   >>Under federal law, passenger trains are required to receive preference   
   >>over freight trains in dispatching of trains. Amtrak has blamed freight   
   >>operators for a big drop in Amtrak's on-time performance in the past year.   
      
   >Freight trains make money.   
      
   Not on that line, they don't.   
      
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