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Railroads Struggle to Deliver Coal to Utilities

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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie I think my coal car got dumped! [/quote] Don't be so coy. Just come right out and say what you mean. You took a generalization whence this thread got sidetracked, aka capacity reductions/asset liquidation, took us down a more specific aspect of capacity reduction aka abandoned lines, then tried to tie the one to the topic title. Now, has anyone alleged that railroads abandoned lines to functioning coal mines or coal deposits? No, but you seem to think so. The capacity issue is more than abandoned lines. It is also reduction of double track and sidings. When it all gets put together, what you end up with is the loss of the secondary mains, and that's where the asset reduction tact by the railroads has cost them the capacity to get that coal from the mines to the power plants. And wouldn't you think that since the quantity of coal being transported is under contract, the railroads assumed beforehand that they could get the coal to the plants without delay? Did they not expect the traffic growth in intermodal. Don't the boys in the coal hauling division ever talk to the guys in the intermodal division? After all, they all use the same trackage. Or perhaps they knew they didn't have the necessary capacity to haul the quantity contracted, but hey, if they can't make their deliveries, what are those captive customers going to do? They ain't goin anywhere, so they can take it or leave it. We have the monopoly, we don't have to perform.
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