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Freight railroads generally have operated the same way for more than a century: They wait for cargo and leave when customers are ready. Now railroads want to run more like commercial airlines, where departure times are set. Factories, farms, mines or mills need to be ready or miss their trips.
Called "precision-scheduled railroading," or PSR, this new concept is cascading through the industry. Under pressure from Wall Street to improve performance, Norfolk Southern and other large U.S. freight carriers, including Union Pacific Corp. and Kansas City Southern, are trying to revamp their networks to use fewer trains and hold them to tighter schedules. The moves have sparked a stock rally that has added tens of billions of dollars to railroad values in the past six months as investors anticipate lower costs and higher profits.
Calling all Railroad Tycoons...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 05 2019, @11:48PM
It's not that tough to figure out. No major conundrum or existential crisis or legislative BS. Don't try to cross the tracks until you're double damned sure you've got room on the other side. Granted the yokels at DOT could show some smarts, but jesus. You have a responsibility to protect your ass. Be aware of your surroundings and try not to be a dead dipshit.
I don't believe in "common sense." But when bad things are coming, if at all possible try your best not to be there.
Have you complained to the DOT idiots about the situation, or do you reserve these types of complaints specifically for SN?