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Re:Amtrak Explorer by crooked-v on Thursday September 28, 2023 @04:59PM (#37695752)
> Taking the train seems to double the duration of my trip over driving.

Part of this is that there's zero enforcement of the theoretical legal authority that Amtrak trains have over freight transit. Everything ends up slow and delayed almost everywhere because of incredibly predictable issues with passenger trains stuck behind much slower freight trains.

Re:Amtrak Explorer by bombcar on Friday September 29, 2023 @09:29AM (#37703932)
The only real way to enforce this would be to forbid freight trains that are longer than the longest siding within 30/60 miles.