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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="Paul_D_North_Jr"]Note that buried in the middle of Don's subject column this month is an recounting of the FRA's current unilateral <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">(</SPAN>= <EM>ex parte</EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">)</SPAN> attempt to establish new rules for higher speed passenger trains on freight railroad tracks, such as maximum delays, financial penalties for same, forcing the railroads to pay for corrective improvements, etc. All of that seems to have kicked open a hornet's nest with the Class I managments, judging by even Don's account.[/quote]</P> <P><FONT face=verdana,geneva>I have been expecting this. I think the imposition of public HSR onto the private freight railroad corridtors will lead to major friction, and tend to blur the line between public and private.</FONT></P>
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