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Re:Spanish airline reserves 10 Airlander airships from Bedfo... by anamexis on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:52AM (#33164033)
A frustrating thing is that US federal law requires that passenger trains get priority over freight, even on rail owned by freight lines. But it's on the Department of Justice to enforce this, which has been severely lacking.
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Re:Spanish airline reserves 10 Airlander airships from Bedfo... by throwaway894345 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @11:39AM (#33164696)
Why would this not be in the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation? Putting it on the DoJ seems ridiculous.
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Re:Spanish airline reserves 10 Airlander airships from Bedfo... by sidewndr46 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:57AM (#33164116)
I've never heard this before. Is it part of the US code or something like that? I'm assuming it'd be a regulation placed upon rail companies. If you have a reference for this I'd like to know more about it.
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Re:Spanish airline reserves 10 Airlander airships from Bedfo... by gambiting on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @11:10AM (#33164279)
Seems to be recent:

https://specialty-freight.com/2021/06/us-requires-railroads-...

"This April, the US Senate introduced the Rail Passenger Fairness Act, legislation that requires infrastructure managers to prioritize passenger trains over freight trains. Infrastructure managers will be brought to court for not complying.

[...] the US is giving Amtrak, the nation’s main passenger carrier, the ability to take infrastructure managers to court for not providing preference to passenger rail operating on their rail lines."

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Re:Spanish airline reserves 10 Airlander airships from Bedfo... by anamexis on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @11:11AM (#33164300)
It dates to Amtrak’s creation in 1971. The 2021 law just reaffirmed it.
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Re:Spanish airline reserves 10 Airlander airships from Bedfo... by zardo on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @09:55PM (#33171817)
And yet they still run freight trains that are too long to use the sidings available on the route.
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Re:Spanish airline reserves 10 Airlander airships from Bedfo... by jefftk on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @11:08AM (#33164250)
http://blog.amtrak.com/2019/05/why-are-amtrak-trains-delayed...
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