@MissGayle They have priority in law—but the freight companies just pay the fines. It’s all in the blog post in the link.

@ObbieZ CPKC gets an A+ from Amtrak for sharing tracks; UP is the worst with B- (more in the blog post)

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.

In the US, Amtrak trains have legal precedence over freight trains.

That's not the case in #Canada, where VIA Rail plays second fiddle to Class One freights like CPKC.

Does it have to be this way? I take a look in the latest HIGH SPEED dispatch:

https://www.highspeed.blog/why-your-train-is-so-slow/