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Subject: Re: Rail tour of the US Posted on: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 04:47:37 +0000 (UTC)

wrote:

> A friend of mine who is a retired Amtrack employee says
> that ... delays are often to wait for a freight train miles
> ahead to clear the tracks. Freight gets priority since that's
> where most of the profits come from.

Almost. Freight gets priority because throughout the West it's the
freight-carrying railroads that own the tracks. Amtrak merely leases
access from them.

cheers,

Henry