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[quote user="riprap"]So, FM, are you arguing that it was a mistake to deregulate the RR's?  Given some of your other musings on these threads, I wouldn't think so, but would re-regulating the RR's be of a piece with the "open access" I think you're calling for?[/quote] No, I'm arguing that regulation would have been less likely if railroads back in the day's before regulation had internally addressed the intramodal competitive issues - whether that be separate entities operating infrastructure and transporter operations, or having the railroads simply allow each other access over each other's lines to serve key terminals and gateways, or perhaps something else. But they didn't, and the result was regulation. As for today, I would favor strong anti-trust action rather than some form of pre-Staggers regulation.  Allow DM&E and KCS full access over both UP and BNSF out west where true intramodal competition is lacking, do the same back East to some extent. Or do the AT&T style breakup of infrastructure from transporter operations. Just do whatever it takes to get some true intramodal competition going.
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