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[quote]QUOTE: Constant repairs... is that a joke? thats like putting a patxch on the road.. anyone ever find the patch is worse then the pot hole? you can only put so many patches beofre the road looks like a disgrace... OR... the entire road needs to be repaved.[/quote] Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the railway industry "re-pave" the entire road, so to speak, when it becomes necessary. Your post reminded me of the article "The plight of the shortline railroad" Trains, March 2004, pages 30-39 It seems that the Class Ones have been doing a pretty good job of "re-paving" the roads; through the decades railways (particularily the class ones) have been constantly up-grading their rails to keep up with the increasing weight of freight cars. In this case the railroads are not just patching, but in fact replacing the old rails with new ones on a fairly consistant basis, throughout the past centruy. It's not as if the railroads are still using the same rails and infastructure that they were in the 1900s, with some minor upgrades or "patches" to the rails that have worn down. But, you point does seem valid towards the smaller class two and three railroads that don't seem to have the money to be up-grading to the more heavy duty track, necessary to move the more modern 286,000lb cars (soon to be 315,000lb?) If you havn't read the aformentioned article already, definately do, it's a good indicator of the near future to come in railroading.
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