Amtrak, freight railroads maintain positions in latest Gulf Coast filings.

By | September 6, 2022

In responses to supplemental evidence, Amtrak again says freight railroads have failed to prove impairment; CSX, NS say Amtrak modeling is ‘transparently flawed’

The latest round of filings in the Amtrak Gulf Coast dispute essentially find the parties stating their old arguments in new ways. Amtrak again argues CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern fail to show two daily passenger round trips between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., will cause unreasonable impairment to freight service, while the freight railroads say Amtrak’s latest evidence to the contrary is “transparently flawed.”

The latest filings with the Surface Transportation Board, from Amtrak, CSX, NS, and the Alabama State Port Authority, came last week as responses to supplemental evidence presented in July [see “Amtrak again argues …,” Trains News Wire, July 29, 2022, and “Host railroads tell regulators …,” News Wire, July 29, 2022].'>>>

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