acquire rail properties designated in the final system plan to be transferred or conveyed to it;
operate rail service over such rail properties except as provided under sections 744(e) and 791(d)(3) of this title;
rehabilitate, improve, and modernize such rail properties; and
maintain adequate and efficient rail services.
(Pub. L. 93–236, title III, § 302, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 Stat. 1005.)