WASHINGTON – Amtrak has reached a settlement in principle with two freight customers in Pennsylvania who had asked federal regulators to prevent the loss of rail service during a six-week track project.
Amtrak told federal regulators on May 10 that it had reached a confidential settlement with Esbenshade and the Wenger Group, which operate feed mills in Mount Joy, Pa., adjacent to Amtrak’s Harrisburg Line. The plants receive inbound loads from trackage rights tenant Norfolk Southern.
Amtrak, the feed mill operators, and NS are parties to the settlement. They asked the Surface Transportation Board to hold the matter in abeyance pending finalization of the settlement agreement.
The board had set a May 15 deadline for Amtrak and Norfolk Southern to reply to the freight customers’ request for a directed service order that would prevent the trackage from being shut down during the trackwork.
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