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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by n012944 [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Character Sounds like there are not nearly so many dissatisfied customers as some would have us believe. [/quote] Hmmmm, hasn't railroad retrenchment caused more, not less highway congestion? Hasn't the average truck haul to the nearest railhead increased fourfold since the 1960's? Surely Professor Martland knows that the public IS paying for loss of rail network coverage across the USA via increased truck road usage. Actually, you do build the church for your maximum capacity even if that capacity is only reached on special occasions. Ditto for your school gymnasium, your community theatre, your convention center...........the list is endless. And the saying, if indeed it is a current rail industry maxim, is idiotic. [/quote] Maybe the average truck haul going up has more to do with the Interstate highway system just getting into high gear during the 60's then the loss of railroads. And for you list of things you build for max capacity, I find it ironic that almost all the things you list are built with goverment money, so profit is not an issue. I guess Dave wants railroads to be paying for four track mains when the economy crashes and there is only enough traffic to support two. That is how companies go bankrupt. Bert [/quote] Churches are private. Many schools are private. Theatres are private. Most convention centers are private (usually associated with a corresponding hotel or motel). I find it ironic you think most of those things are from the government. I think it would be in the rail industry's best interests to adopt some other maxim other than "You don't build the church for Easter Sunday". Clearly none of these guys go to church. How about "We really f*****d up! We bad!"[}:)]
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