Trucking companies don't own the highways.
Airlines don't own the air corridors.
These are owned, regulated and managed by the Public.
The main-line railroads must also be part of the Public infrastructure. Then the traffic would be managed and regulated in the *Public* interest, as opposed to the commercial interests of private corporations.
The abuses of the UPs and Nofu¢k Southerns of the world convince me that #railroads must be #nationalized.
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I spent a lot of time on a recent train trip from #Vancouver to #Toronto on railway sidings, waiting for a slow-moving freight train to pass. -
I spent a lot of time on a recent train trip from #Vancouver to #Toronto on railway sidings, waiting for a slow-moving freight train to pass.@straphanger Frequent Amtrak rider here:
I've been on too many trains that seemed to pull over for every coal train that came along. I was once told by an attendant that even though Amtrak had right-of-way by law, the freight carriers would rather pay the fine than pull over.
Some carriers (UP) are worse than others (CP).