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Abstract
Railroads are ignoring the statutory and regulatory requirement that they file current system
diagram maps with the Surface Transportation Board. As a result shippers and communities
are denied advance notice of lines likely to be shut down or abandoned. Moreover, potential
operators qualified to purchase and render service on such lines are unable to force their sales
contemplated by the law without having to prove the inordinate service deficiencies of the
railroads, nearly an impossible burden.