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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by beaulieu [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal I'm curious. If DM&E and DMV&W are both using the same BNSF sidings, and tried to pull a fly by night exchange again, what could BNSF do to stop this outside of a terse letter? Could BNSF then prohibit either DM&E or DMV&W from even entering BNSF property, forcing both D's to leave interchange consists on their own respective tracks for BNSF crews to pick up? BTW - Thanks to nanaimo73 for providing an ariel shot of Aberdeen. That clears up alot! [/quote] FM, I have been informed by a DM&E employee that the two blocks of cars interchanged from DM&E to DMV&W that precipitated this action were not for export out of North America but rather Corn for some feedlots in Alberta. BNSF still didn't like being cut out of the rate. If the DM&E were to try and interchange cars to the DMV&W without authority to do so, the BNSF could bring them to Federal Court. [/quote] It is kind of interesting regarding some of the nuances of multiple-connection sidings. Apparently DM&E can park it's cars on this siding(s) owned by BNSF, DMV&W can park it's cars on the very same siding(s), they could probably even park both DM&E and DMV&W cars on the same siding(s) at the same time, BNSF may not even want to bother with them some of the time, yet woe to them if they actually exchanged cars between themselves. This is the kind of thing that makes re-regulation almost a certainty, because it begets such an absurdity of legalese, kind of like the property owner who swears out a trespassing warrant if someone takes two steps across the corner of his property. It is my view that baiting BNSF to take the small guys to federal court for exchanging normal business may be just the thing to exemplify the inefficiencies of paper barriers and bottleneck rate gouging. Somewhere along the line common sense needs to be enforced by the STB for the good of the transportation community. Does BNSF gain anything by preventing DM&E and DMN&W from doing business with each other? Does BNSF gain anything by preventing MRL and UP from exchanging traffic without BNSF acting as a 100 yard go-between in Spokane. It is absurdity, pure absurdity in my view.
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