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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal The cost of keeping rails in place is a fraction of what it costs to rebuild an abandoned line or build a whole new line. Keeping a line mothballed for 20 or 30 years is much less costly than having to rebuild that line after abandonment. [/quote] But again, you're talking about a cost to a railroad that doesn't have enough money to pay the bills for the part that is operating. And the idea that you'll need a given line in 20 or 30 years is pure speculation. When your company is teetering on bankruptcy, you can't afford to speculate. [/quote] So were all the railroads teetering on bankruptcy when they engaged in whole hearted retrenchment? [/quote] Define "whole hearted retrenchment". Is that abandonment of tracks or something else Dave??? If you are speaking of abandonment and removal of main lines, much more of that was accomplished by the bankrupt lines such as Conrail, the MIlwaulkee Road, and the Rock Island than was done at virtually any other time and those roads were bankrupt or in Conrails case a government corporation created from seven bankrupt railroads... But, this "retrenchment" you speak of must be ione o' thme new fangled Eck-O-Nom-IC words, 'cause it is notr a term of art in railroadin'...
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