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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken Directed service and LC, it does happen....TP&W, old Youngstown & Southern/ CCPA for openers....Watch what is going on with old UP Saratoga/Encampment Branch in Wyoming right now. [/quote] MC- I think we are talking about apples and oranges. I am well aware of the STB regs and U.S. Code provisions concerning directed service. (49 USC Section 11123) Directed service is the remedy imposed by the STB when service to customers is inadequate or nonexistent. It isn't a calculated running off of customers that FM describes. I based my response upon the fact that the lines in question needed to be capable of escaping the red ink without substantial change in part based upon what Mark Hemphill said above. As to the TP&W, I'm sure that there are folks that wold love to abandon and take up the portion of that line with a handful of customers. Last I heard though, Pioneer Railcorp was still seeking an opportunity to serve those customers under directed service procedures or a feeder line application (49 USC Section 10907 and 49 CFR 1151 et seq). So, that is an example of a short line taking over rather than an abandonment. I'm sure there are examples of railroads running off trafic. Many of those examples are in places where there just isn't adequate traffic for the railroad to make a go of it. Even short lines have healthy cost structures nowadays. LC
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