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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Hey Dave- any chance you could make a quick list of the under-utilized or dormant rail lines that will be really busy 10 years from now? 20 years from now? That way, the railroads would have an easier time planning some of this stuff?[;)][:-,] [/quote] [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal So your asking me to predict what rail management will stumble into 10 or 20 years from now? We don't even know what the outcome of pending legislation in Congress will be. Where will new coal fired plants be located? Or will anti-coal politicians sweep into office in the next few elections? [/quote] Well, you kind of just proved my point there buckwheat.[;)] You're saying that someone with your economic pedigree can't predict the future, because of some uncertainties? [;)] Come on- you chide the railroads, after the fact, for not doing it.[:-,] Wouldn't you think the view was just a little bit *fuzzier* in the crystal ball 20-25 years ago? And they had to do it without your intellectual insight.[:p] [/quote] I think YOU missed the point there spanky. Railroads have emasculated themselves with the belief that certain lines were "excess capacity", yet they have no crystal ball in determining that those lines actually were excess in the railroad's long term planning (which goes out on a limb in assuming they do engage in long term planning!). Why would you lop off body parts if you did not know for sure that you absolutely would not need them anymore? The cost of keeping an asset is much less than the cost of having to rebuild such an asset from scratch. Again, I ask you, do you know of any other industry that engages in asset reduction as a part of their long term business strategy? Or do I have to explain "asset" to you?
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