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Ah OK. But pertaining only to the Capitol Ltd. Not the Lake Shore Limited, which is ironical, since CSX seems to be much more culpable with the LSL situation than with the Cap situation.Amtrak's STB filing was against both NS and CSX.I believe the complaint that Amtrak filed with STB is only about NS. CSX is not involved in that. The complaint is about NS's handling of the Capitol Limited between Chicago and Pittsburgh, which is entirely NS. Amtrak has not filed any complaints about the handling of the Lake Shore limited between Schenectady and Cleveland, which would be CSX, yet. Some folks think, that is partly because Amtrak's own problems on LSL are too significant for Amtrak to complain about those delays. Better to keep the sleeping dog lie.
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There is no point in trying to fight a case where a significant part of the fault is yours. It is sort of like "I am suing the guy for killing the victim, after I had already maimed the victim". Isurmise that for this reason there is careful lack of mention of the LSL in all this even though arguably CSX delays the LSL way more than it does the Cap.The freight railroads are openly funding anti-Amtrak politicians. Might as well fight them while you're still standing instead of waiting until you're on your knees.Better to keep the sleeping dog lie.
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