WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board has ordered Canadian National and Canadian Pacific to participate in oral arguments next month to settle their simmering dispute over the location of their interchange in Chicago. In a decision lat...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/07/22-cn-cp-to-argue-chicago-interchange-dispute-before-federal-regulators
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
Rather disappointing that the carriers can't resolve this issue without involving the STB on the taxpayers' dime.
There may be filing fees - how did this dispute get to the STB in the first place? Or, the STB may be able to assess costs against both parties or the loser to defray (at least in part) its expenses.
In the grand scheme of things, a handful of STB members (however many are serving now) and the staff is not much different from any appellate court, of which there are hundreds of equivalents in the US and probably several dozen in Canada. Probably a few tenths of a penny per capita in the US ($0.001 would be about $350,000). Really, just another cost of running a government. Pales against the cost of the rest of the DOT, or FAA, or FHWA, etc.
- PDN.
Perhaps so, but add up all those little costs and before too long you’ve got yourself a 400 billion dollar debt.. that’s exactly what were facing here in Ontario. I wish someone would come forth and announce that we’ve secretly been tunneling to the center of the Earth.. at least then it would make more sense. As it is we’ve managed to accumulate the largest debt of any subnational jurisdiction anywhere in the world.. and all because those little costs add up fast, and we really have nothing to show for it.
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Lest we forget; railroads are tax payers too.
The current interchange location is nearby to CP's Bensenville Yard. By moving the interchange to CN's Kirk Yard, convenient for CN, it will likely require two crews for CP to complete one round trip, greatly increasing CP's costs and reducing CN's costs to minimal amount. There is a lot of CP to CN interchange at this location, but not so much the other way round.
beaulieuThe current interchange location is nearby to CP's Bensenville Yard. By moving the interchange to CN's Kirk Yard, convenient for CN, it will likely require two crews for CP to complete one round trip, greatly increasing CP's costs and reducing CN's costs to minimal amount. There is a lot of CP to CN interchange at this location, but not so much the other way round.
Simple - CP hauls the interchange to Kirk with CN power and CP Crew. CN hauls their interchange to Bensenville with the CN power. Crews taxi back to the starting points. Both carriers get to screw each other.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
CN has proposed moving interchange to Clearing, at least on an interim basis, and CP has said it is ok with the idea of moving interchange to Clearing. So, what's the hold up? Fine details?
Ed KyleCN has proposed moving interchange to Clearing, at least on an interim basis, and CP has said it is ok with the idea of moving interchange to Clearing. So, what's the hold up? Fine details?
Who pays what in moving things to Clearing - each wanting the other to pay.
It is always about money.
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