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<p> </p><p>Nope you are wrong. All you have to do is some research to know the facts,which are NOT this. PC did not WANT to do commuter railroading the government MADE them!! How is that an example? Don't you know the history of passenger rail from post WW2 to Amtrak?</p><p>Here is the simple fact, the government gave Conrail what it would NOT give the railroads prior, freedom from many crazy rules, to include track abandonement. Do you not know any history Larry, come on, the government held up mergers to do just that for DEDADES until it was too late! The PC merger was held up for 7 years. Rock Island wanted to merger but was prevented for at least a decade until it was too late.</p><p> If you don't now about the Staggers Act then you are showing that you don't know the facts here! Please do some research and reading. </p><p>And labor was another coffin nail that Conrail was allowed to rewrite the contracts to get rid of featherbedding 5 man crews and other things the railroad employees did to put themselves out of work in the end. </p><p>So what I am saying is, if the govt had given the railroads what it ultimately gave Conrail (in other words stay of the it with their rules), then the railroads would have been able to do what Conrail did, without the taxpayers having to fork over billions. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[quote user="BRAKIE"] </p><p>Nope your are wrong..All one has to do is some research and see how the Goverment gave the Eastern railroads bailout after bailout and still no end of the Eastern railroads finanical woes was in sight..PC couldn't even keep their commuter train running on time due to locomotive failures,bad track and other woes.As far as freight service locomotive failures,derailments and other woes cause shippers to pull their hair out,throw their hands up in disgust and turn to trucks for their needs..</p><p>Conrail was formed April 1st 1976..The Staggers Rail Act took place in 1980..</p><p>So how did The Staggers Rail Act save the bankrupt Eastern Railroads?</p><p>The labor was UNION/RAILROAD agreements except in some cases.</p>[/quote]
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