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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Old Timer MichaelSol sayeth again, on ad nauseum: "They did NOT cost less to maintain. The fact that it could still be concluded from a discussion that showed the contrary, without any proof offered otherwise, is testamentary to the power of the myth, even among steam fans." Michael, you've proven this to suit yourself, if nobody else. You and your Mr. Brown have made it plain once again that data can be massaged to prove anything you want to prove. I'm with GP40-2; now, what are you going to do with this great railroad management "gotcha"? I said several pages ago that this was what you were after. But he's right - this is an awfully small forum for such a great revelation; why aren't you writing it up for the trade press? Now what? Twenty-three more pages of this drivel? What do you want to prove next? That the sun will rise in the west tomorrow? Got any figures from Brown to work with to help you with that? You've spent 23 pages trying to convince us that (1) you alone pre privy to the Gospel truth in all this; (2) you're the lonely voice in the wilderness; (3) you're smarter than everybody else (both the old managements that made the decisions and all of us on this forum), and (4) everybody is out of step but you and your Messiah, Mr. Brown. But all you've really convinced us of is that you're too stubborn to grasp the historical truth. Old Timer [/quote] Hey, Old Timer, have you come up with the counter studies yet? NO? You have proven to everyone on this forum that myth repeated enough times will misplace fact-based historical analysis. The amazing thing is that you stubbornly refuse to acknowledge that this analysis isn't Mr. Sol's, it is Brown's, and it is simply an independent study for an overseas client. It certainly was not intended as a critique of the cult of idiocy known as North American railroading, but you and others on this forum have certainly brought THAT truth to light!
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