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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 23 March 2018 - 02:08 PM

Progressive Railroading, 3/23/18:

 
Amtrak grades host freight railroads' performance

 

Amtrak has begun posting a quarterly "report card" that rates how long its trains are delayed while traveling on host freight railroads' tracks.

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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.  .  .  .

 

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Posted 30 May 2018 - 06:50 PM

The Hour, Norwalk, CT 5/28/18:
 

Getting There: Freight operators winning railroad battle with Amtrak

By Jim Cameron

 

We are all familiar with Amtrak’s local operations in the Northeast: The sleek Acela zooming along to Boston at up to 145 mph and the slower, traditional trains making local stops along the Connecticut coast.

 

But Amtrak is a national railroad and some of its long-distance trains face delays of several hours — not minutes.

 

The problem is Amtrak owns and operates the trains, but not the tracks.

 

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We’ll always have Acela, but the glory days of long-distance rail travel in the U.S. are nearing an end, probably to the delight of the freight operators.

 

 

Jim Cameron is a longtime commuter advocate based in Fairfield County. Contact him at CommuterActionGroup@gmail.com

 

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