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People Before Freight On-time on host railroads

3 LATEST REPORT CARD SIGNALS NEW GOLDEN AGE OF ON-TIME TRAINS

1 Canadian Pacific A

2 BNSF A

3 Union Pacific A

4 CSX A

5 Canadian National A

6 Norfolk Southern A

Average grade for all host railroads: A 4 National Network Passengers Continue to Experience Poor On-Time Performance

1 Canadian Pacific A

2 BNSF B

3 Union Pacific B-

4 CSX B-

5 Canadian National D-

6 Norfolk Southern F

Average grade for all host railroads: C 5 Grading National Network routes on OTP 17 of 28 State-Supported Services Fail

Class I Freight Percentage of trains on‐time State‐Supported Trains Route Host Railroads within 15 minutes Pass = 80% on‐time Hiawatha CP 96% (other hosts) 91% UP 89% ‐ Albany (other hosts) 89% Carl Sandburg / Zephyr BNSF 88% Express CP 87% PASS Pere Marquette CSX, NS 84% River Runner UP 83% Springfield Shuttles (other hosts) 82% (other hosts) 81% CSX 80% Pacific BNSF, UP 78% CN, UP 76% NS, CN 75% Roanoke NS 75% NS 74% Richmond / Newport News / Norfolk CSX, NS 74% BNSF, UP 73% NS 71% CN, CP 70% FAIL New York ‐ Niagara Falls CSX 70% (other hosts) 67% Cascades BNSF, UP 64% CSX 64% NS, CN 60% BNSF 58% CSX, NS 51% Illini / Saluki CN 37% 6 Grading National Network routes on OTP 14 of 15 Long Distance Services Fail

Class I Freight Percentage of trains on‐time Long Distance Trains Route Host Railroads within 15 minutes Pass = 70% on‐time Auto CSX 72% PASS CSX 59% BNSF, UP 55% NS, CSX 53% City of CN 51% Zephyr BNSF, UP 48% CSX 47% BNSF, CP 44% Southwest BNSF 43% FAIL Limited CSX, NS 41% Eagle BNSF, UP, CN 37% NS, CSX 36% Silver Star CSX, NS 36% NS 29% BNSF, UP 26% What can we do about this? 7 We continue to work collaboratively with all willing host railroads, but the top priority is obtaining an enforcement mechanism (other than DOJ) for Amtrak’s right to preference.

We are encouraging all to let their Members of Congress know:

1. Freight railroads are ignoring the law. 2. Legislation is needed so that Amtrak can enforce this law and put people before freight. 8 Freight railroads respond to the threat of preference enforcement

Freight Train Interference Delays to Amtrak Trains

700 Amtrak petitions STB

600 re: Capitol Limited

500

PRIIA passes 400

300

PRIIA 207 ruled PRIIA 207 ruled Delay Minutes per 10K Train-Miles Delay Minutes per 10K 200 unconstitutional unconstitutional (1st time) (2nd time) 100

0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 9 Norfolk Southern delays nearly doubled in FY18

2,500

2,000

83% increase in all Norfolk Southern delays 1,500

1,000 Delay Minutes per 10K Train-Miles Delay Minutes per 10K 500 77% increase in NS freight train interference delays

0

Total NS Delays NS Freight Train Interference Delays

Almost the entire increase was driven by freight train interference delays 10 11 NS Freight Train Interference Delays Declined after WSJ Coverage Norfolk Southern Freight Train Interference Delay Minutes Capitol Limited and 600

500

400

300 FTI Delay Minutes

37% 200

100

NS Letter to Amtrak Amtrak Letter to NS WSJ Article 0 2/1 2/4 2/7 2/10 2/13 2/16 2/19 2/22 2/25 2/28 3/3 3/6 3/9 3/12 3/15 3/18 3/21 3/24 3/27

Key Dates NS FTI Average FTI Minutes between Key Dates 12 Speak up! 13 Frequently asked questions you may hear

Is there any incentive for What does a How does freight railroads to deliver poor grade Amtrak evaluate Amtrak trains on‐time? represent? performance?

What distinguishes host Why doesn’t Amtrak own all of railroads with good Amtrak its rail lines? performance?

If a train is always How much control Can trains late, why not change do hosts have over “make up” lost the schedule? the problem? time?

See https://www.amtrak.com/reports-documents for the report card and FAQs