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Today's capacity is almost insufficient for today's traffic needs. Too much track has been torn up , thus leaving many railroads without secondary lines for redundancy. Some examples include the former Lackawanna main line west of Corning NY, particularly between Groveland and Wayland, portions of Milwaukee Road's Pacific Extension, the Lehigh Valley main line in Western New York, to name a few lines that should have at least been railbanked for future use as rail lines should the need arise. Moreover, a number of mainlines that have been single tracked with passing sidings ought to be restored to double track to reduce the expense and aggravation of having to recrew trains enroute due to delays caused by insufficient line capacities. It is time to stop letting the Wall Street idiots dictate how a railroad is run and let people who know the business best run it the best they know how. These smart aleck MBAs are not quite as smart as they may think they are. Just look at the service meltdowns that Union Pacific has experienced in recent years and similar problems that occurred when CSX and Norfolk Southern digested, or indigested large portions of Conrail, which was largely an east-west railroad and try to fit its operating patterns into what amounts to two basically north-south oriented railroads. And those crew shortages. While Union Pacific may have the right idea about hiring needed crews. Norfolk Southern is said to be making a big mistake by replacing experienced crews who know a given territory best with youngsters who do not know the territory they are to operate over that well, let alone barely know how to operate a locomotive. Rather than dump the experienced guys abruptly as NS seems to have done, why not use them to train their replacements? Not only that, the railroads that use them, should get rid of the remote controlled locos, as they have turned out to be more trouble than they are worth. Look at all the accidents involving remotes. CSX has had some fatal accidents with them in upstate New York. With the accidents Union Pacific has been having, not only with remote controlled locos, but overtired crews trying to function properly, it is no wonder Union Pacific has been getting referred to as Union Pathetic. The recent safety record sure seems pathatic. The wrecked equipment and injured or killed personnel say it all.
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