A potential strike by freight rail workers could disrupt passenger trains that run on freight rail tracks, rattling commutes and cross-country travel. Any disruption would affect a passenger rail industry already weakened by the pandemic.
A possible strike by freight rail workers began to disrupt the nation’s passenger rail Monday, while potentially rattling commutes and cross-country travel for thousands of Americans if a strike isn’t averted.
Any disruption would affect a passenger rail industry already weakened by 2 ½ years of the pandemic, which has hit commuter rail lines especially hard. Jim Mathews, president and chief executive of the Rail Passengers Association, said canceling trains early in the week makes sense to avoid a scenario in which rail passengers could become stranded.
A key question would be whether the freight railroads’ dispatchers — whose job is to route trains — would continue to work. Without them, passenger trains probably could not operate on freight tracks.
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