(Source: Marketplace, March 25, 2015)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — There’s something romantic about a train whistle. It makes you think about far-away places. Adventure. Lawsuits.
Yep, lawsuits. The jostling for rail space has actually made it all the way to the Supreme Court.
Part of the problem is the way rail traffic is split up in this country. Privately-held freight railways are thriving. Amtrak gets government subsidies, and it mostly runs on track owned by the freight lines.
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