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[quote user="enr2099"][quote user="futuremodal"] <p>What BC should have done (and what I advised them to do) was to have made the BCRail system open to all connecting railroads via a user fee/public finance system. That way, the online shippers would have had rate and service access not only from CN but also CP and BNSF/OmniTRAX. </p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Not counting the BCR Port Subdivision. I believe CN is the only connecting railway with BC Rail. If they were to introduce that system the traffic would still have to be handled by CN, being interchanged with CN at North Vancouver, Prince George, or Dawson Creek. If the customer chose CP or BNSF/Omnitrax they would still be held captive by CN as the cars would have to be interchanged with CN at either end of the BCR. </p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Since both BNSF and CP also bid for BCRail, I expect they had contigencies to make the physical connections should they have been awarded the prize. Those contingencies would probably also work if the BC government had opted to share rail transportation service access among those entities.</p>
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