Amtrak cancels all long-distance trains as freight rail strike looms

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/amtrak-passenger-service-rail-strike/index.html

by protomyth • 4 years ago

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bombcar4• 4 years ago

Missing a chance for a “possession is 9/10ths of the law” grab and taking the routes as their own.

thghtihadanacct4• 4 years ago

I think this is a great angle but I am guessing there will probably be trains left on single tracks.

bombcar4• 4 years ago

I’m not exactly sure what happens at shutdown - to the active trains stop immediately or do the crews drive them to somewhere comfortable first?

scottshea• 4 years ago

I am curious how long the strike will actually last. The President has the authority to order them back to work

thghtihadanacct4• 4 years ago

What if they suddenly got covid?

homieg33• 4 years ago

Reminds me of the flight traffic controller strike under Reagan. Can the same thing happen here? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Con...

midoridensha• 4 years ago

This should be a good thing for Amtrak: instead of its passenger trains having to stop and wait for higher-priority freight trains (!) to go by, they get unimpeded use of the tracks. What's the problem?

yababa_y• 4 years ago

Lack of track maintenance / monitoring is my guess.

LargoLasskhyfv• 4 years ago

Maybe intentionally stopped freight trains blocking the tracks? Or dispatchers striking too? All signals RED!

Amtrak cancels all long-distance trains as freight rail strike looms

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