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I think we are assuming that all the decisions to abandon/dispose rail lines have been made in the distant past. This process to abandon certain rail lines that one would think are part of the basic network has continued even in recent years. Railroads can make certain routes look uneconomic simply by shifting bridge traffic to a different route. IJust because a route does not originate or terminate loads does not mean that it has no utility or makes an economic contribution to the railway in particular or the transportation system in general. <br />I am just waiting for the day when a factory closes by an Interstate and someone says we must abandon a segement of the Interstate because it is now uneconomic. This is the reason why countries such as the UK and Sweden have separated the rail infrastructure from the operating company. Unfortunately the cost of doing this in North America is prohibitively expensive. We also use different measures of cost, utility, efficiency and profitability for different, not only for different modes but also for different segments within the mode ( ie. frieght vs passenger) which makes rational comparison difficult.
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