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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by MP173 Anti: I think it will interesting to see over the next few years what happens to some of these line that are still around, such as our very own ex PRR main thru Ft. Wayne. Note that CSX is now leasing lines rather than selling the lines. I wonder if that is not with a view to the future. ed [/quote] The CSX strategy you mention caught my attention as well...good thought. I see entities such as NS that has aquired "trans indiana" E-W main lines such as the Old Wabash (mostly gone now), the Nickle Plate (which, depending who you talk to is either one step from expanded use, or alternately, near mothballs) and the old NYC Lake shore route.... And I fully understand the business incentive to make the most out of the least, in chasing increased efficiency. But, if after abandoning the old wabash, and if they did mothball the old Nickle plate, then the NS came for public funding to add "desperately needed capacity" to the choking on it's own traffic former NYC...I'd simply krappe, as a taxpayer.... Trouble is, I fear that the special interests in govt would pad the pockets of the stockholders , for a piece of the action.
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