From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
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   > 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.   
      
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