Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agoTIL Amtrak will let you attach your own private car to one of their trains and they charge you per a milelemmy.worldimagemessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1607arrow-down17
arrow-up1600arrow-down1imageTIL Amtrak will let you attach your own private car to one of their trains and they charge you per a milelemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoYou’re thinking of cargo rail. Amtrak owns the rails and the passenger service. They actually run way more than you probably think as they operate the northeast corridor as well as some of the other more serviced lines like the cascade corridor.
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoAmtrak doesn’t actually own most of the rails, and pays the rail owners like CSX for access to those routes.
You’re thinking of cargo rail. Amtrak owns the rails and the passenger service. They actually run way more than you probably think as they operate the northeast corridor as well as some of the other more serviced lines like the cascade corridor.
Amtrak doesn’t actually own most of the rails, and pays the rail owners like CSX for access to those routes.