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Train War Goes Off the Rails--And Onto Twitter
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Train War Goes Off the Rails—And Onto Twitter
Norfolk Southern wants Amtrak to stop tweeting; passenger railroad wants less freight interference
By Ted Mann
Updated March 17, 2019 1:58 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON—A long-running battle between Amtrak and major freight railroads over train delays has entered a new phase of hostilities: fighting about tweets.
Amtrak, the national passenger railroad, has taken to using a Twitter handle, @AmtrakAlerts, to tell riders when trains are delayed, including when they are stuck because of freights.
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Train War Goes Off the Rails—And Onto Twitter
Norfolk Southern wants Amtrak to stop tweeting; passenger railroad wants less freight interference
By Ted Mann
Updated March 17, 2019 1:58 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON—A long-running battle between Amtrak and major freight railroads over train delays has entered a new phase of hostilities: fighting about tweets.
Amtrak, the national passenger railroad, has taken to using a Twitter handle, @AmtrakAlerts, to tell riders when trains are delayed, including when they are stuck because of freights.
That...
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They must mean something like this, although the Silver Meteor's route south of DC takes it over CSX lines, not NS lines.
Silver Meteor Train 97 which departed New York (NYP) on 3/24 is currently operating about 2 hours 15 minutes late due to mechanical problems in NYP and freight train interference south of Washington DC (WAS).
Link to tweet
