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Thanx for the input everybody. Maybe someday if I'm in Indiana I'll go bike riding over the former C&O. I never realized how expensive railroads were to build or operate until recently. I suppose BNSF, UP and even DM&E will probably expand their lines to quadruple track before ever bringing back the Cowboy line or the Sheldon-Rapid City route. I still think that as long as the former Rock Island ROW from K.C. to St. Louis is still intact it would be great for passenger train service since the line is fairly straight as opposed to Gateway Western, NS or the former CB&Q between those cities. <br /> Although it's hard to tell what new lines will be built or what potential ROW's will be re-built I do know this. In about 30 years there will be at least 100 million more Americans. I think the capacity issue will be more problematic in the West where the railroads were built at a time when so few lived there and little trade was coming in from Asia. Not to mention the more challenging landscape that would hinder building new lines. In any case I think it will be interesting to see how the railroads solve these problems in the future.
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