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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by blade</i> <br /><br />the merging of railroads is both good and at the same time bad.the good is that they have more locomotive power and other rolling stock,perhaps hiring more people to work for them if they merge creating job opportunities.on the other hand is that some people could loose thier position. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />It's not just about "positions" within a railroad. Railroads have a social benefit (more so in the past maybe, pre Amtrak), and the mergers, more specifically, the "rationalisation" after the mergers, cuts many towns off the railroad map. What happens to the industries in those towns? (however small). The impact is felt by many not on the railroad's books. A town could die with it's connection cut to the outside world. <br /> <br />And well said slotracer. As a relative newcomer to US railroads, I'm learning about the older roads through other people's pictures and there is a vast amount of variety in the various roads' "character". (That's why I like the Rock...it may have been a bit dishevelled, but it had guts of character - the same with the Milwaukee Road)
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