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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by kenneo The end result, if this proposal should pass and be held as legal, is that the rates charged in Montana will be the same rates charged over the entire Intermountain West and to all BNSF and UP destinations outside of the Intermountain West. The rate from Kansas to Houston would be the same as Bismark to Seattle. Rates will not go down. They will only rise to parity. The Powder River Coal will become really profitable (some of it comes out of Montana) and DME will be able to get its line into the PWB paid for by the coal companies (DME does not operate in Montana). Montana will save nothing. [/quote] What you're suggesting is that BNSF will compound its error by extending the stupidity to other parts of the nation. All that will do is **** off more people, and the result will be even more legislation against railroads. BNSF can nip this in the bud right now by reducing it's Montana/Dakota rates to the same level as it's Nebraska rates. If BNSF wants more income to pay for increased capacity on the Chicago-LA corridor, it can just charge more per box moved on that corridor. Those people affected can have their concerns explained away by BNSF as simply it's the way to pay for capacity improvements.
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