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Actually, in general BNSF railfan is right, albeit in a somewhat pedantic way. I have pointed out in past posts references that show freight car utilization is extremely poor by any standard (one carload per month, absolutely terrible). Railroads have a long history of deferred maintenance, a well documented fact, so nothing new there. Rates have gone up, an irrefutable fact. And if a shipper says they are dissatisfied with service, then it is inarguable that they are dissatisfied. To pawn off shipper dissatisfaction as "well, they always complain", as if they just complain for the entertainment value of doing so, is shear sophistry. <br /> <br />The reference I had to rail shippers outnumbering rail service providers is simply an observation that things will eventually change in rail shippers direction. The railroad lobby has had the feds in the palm of their hands for 25 years now, as most complaints were presented in the background of the news cycles. Now that rail service-related issues affecting the general public are coming to the forefront of public awareness, you can bet the days of railroads being able to sweep things under the rug are over. Energy issues affect the public more than ag issues, and the railroads are a major part of some energy supply shortages, so as the service problems that historically affect ag grow into other sectors with more public awareness, the actions of the railroads will become more highly scrutinized.
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