So it's specifically Federal government in the gun in your opinion? Seems fair enough if there is duplication.

FWIW I'd be careful about privatizing national railways or utilities. There is a long and glorious history of purchasers of such schemes extracting maximum profits while minimizing investment and deferring maintenance before selling up and moving on, leaving a limping shell that often needs to be purchased back and rehabilitated at high cost by the state. It's happened to railways, banks, airlines, postal departments, you name it. if necessary split them off into a SOE (State Owned Enterprise) that is legally a separate company whose directors and managers are assessed according to normal business requirements for a utility including long-term viability not just maximum short-term returns.