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Oh, Ed. Why? Because it's too reasonable of an idea to survive the Hill? Ah, well, <sigh> I have stated before, however, this predicition: a certain 4 letter carrier will within the next 5 years "re acquire" the EB & SW Chief, and maybe even the CZ. Why? 1.) Public Relations. Whether for Operation Lifesaver safety issues, or for keeping the public aware of the important role they play, having thousands of people take "inspection tours" of the ROW regularly is a good thing. 2.) Customer relations. It's a great advertisement of how well the ROW is built, how fast the sshedules are, how routing is handled, etc... to get customers on a regualrly scheduled train operating at crack speeds. Compare it to taking your customer and giving him the experience of what his 40' container would get on a Z train. 3.) Government relations. By running passenger trains you become intergrated into society, and thus more relevant to the government. This equates less red tape, and possibly govenrment construction or at least cooperation on capacity projects. 4.) Operational control. By bringing the trains into the fold, their maintenance, dispatching, etc.. are all contained "in house", meaning they will no longer delay the freights. 5.) Express traffic. Do not be surprised if that carrier then becomes more involved in handling express traffic in conjunction with these trains. Well. How is that as food for thought? Alexander
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