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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Murphy Siding</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by futuremodal</i> <br /><br />Here's what I said - <br /> <br />"The question you either ignored or missed completely is that the JOINT LINE itself does not directly access every mine in the PRB. Most of the mines need build outs from the JOINT LINE to the mine to be able to access the JOINT LINE. Just because UP and BNSF built the JOINT LINE doesn't mean both UP and BNSF partnered up for each and every mine spur." <br /> <br />Here's what Tom posted - <br /> <br />"According to the article in Raifan and Railroad July issue on the PRB coal fields, there are 23 mines. Only 5 of them are not on the joint line. About 1/5 of them, and those 5 are not in the heavy production section of the PRB, so their percentage of the coal mined is not 20% of the basin output." <br />[/quote] <br /> Well....if you read back on this thread, you'll read that 5 out of 23 mines in the PRB are <i>not</i> on the joint line. Those 5 are the smaller,less productive mines north of Gillette, I believe, on BNSF. If 18 out of 23 mines <i>are</i> on the joint line, that equals 78.83% of the <i>mines</i> are on the joint line. Since these 18 are the bigger mines, it's safe to say that at least 80% of the <i>volume</i> of coal goes onto the joint line. Another post mentions that mines on the joint line may ship on either BNSF or UP. Given the above,I'd say the chances that you are incorrect are somewhere near 80%.[;)] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />If I have inferred that <i>all </i>the mines that connect to the Orin line have to ship either UP or BNSF but not both, then I would be incorrect. If that's the impression you got, then I should have foreseen the typical "trolling for errors" game you seem to enjoy and made sure I stated the thought ala <i>legalese</i>. For that, I profusely apologize [bow]. <br /> <br />[:p]
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