UPDATE 1-U.S. court rules Amtrak has too much power over freight carriers
April 29, 2016 at 15:47 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - U.S. government-owned passenger rail company Amtrak wields improper and coercive regulatory power over private freight carriers under a law that lets it help set rules that competing railroads must follow, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.