Amtrak STB Petition Cites CSX, NS ‘Unwillingness to Engage Meaningfully’
Amtrak STB Petition Cites CSX, NS ‘Unwillingness to Engage Meaningfully’ Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Amtrak, on the eve of a 50th Anniversary virtual celebration slated to feature President Joe Biden, has filed a petition asking the Surface Transportation Board to deny CSX’s and Norfolk Southern’s motion to dismiss Amtrak’s application to restore passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast between New Orleans, La., and Mobile, Ala.
In its petition (download below), Amtrak refers to USCODE-2011 Title 49, Subtitle V, Part C, Chapter 243, Section 24308, “Use of facilities and providing services to Amtrak,”