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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by dehusman But if you have true open access, new player, late player, first player, last player, it doesn't matter, you HAVE to be given access and you HAVE to be given equitable treatment. So if you give open access and I want to go to LA on the BNSF transcon and I can meet the operating requirements (hp/tt, length, train type etc) then the BNSF has to give me operating rights if I have the money, regardless of whether I am a new player or the oldest RR in America. The only thing open access is good for is to give shippers a wedge to attempt to drive rates down. It serves no purpose in any form of capacity enhancement. Dave H. [/quote] Since there is an inherent limitation on how many trains can occupy a certain section of track at a given time, more than likely an open access rail policy would be first come first serve e.g. the original owner getting a Grandfather clause to some degree to be the priority user for currently heavily used lines. This type of policy would keep other railroads from overtly cherry picking the best lines at will, while still encouraging use of currently underutilized lines. Ideally though, an open access policy intended to maximize capacity should allow certain types of trains on certain lines regardless of operator or original owner, e.g. heavy trains using more level but perhaps longer water level routes, while intermodals and empties gravitate toward shorter but perhaps more steeply graded lines. Obviously, in this scenario it would serve the purpose of optimal utilization of capacity.
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