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by null000 2644 days ago
> Freight trains get priority on the rail lines so many times the train was stopped for possibly hours waiting for freight trains to pass.

This mentality weirds me out. As in: Why are we explicitly valuing the time of companies over the time of actual people? Companies can probably adjust to getting their shit 8 or 12 or 24 hours late (or, if they can't, they can charter a plane). It's a lot harder to deal with for people who need to be somewhere.