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[quote user="solzrules"] Wow.  That was a very sensible article.  That was in the Journal-Sentinal?  Double wow. [/quote] Actually, it was a guest editorial from a known Class I rail consultant.  Here's the link to the story that someone conviently left out to make it seem to be a JS perspective.... <A href="http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=510991&format=print">http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=510991&format=print</A> As you can see, the writer is a self described "management consultant and a transportation and coal industry expert".  You'll be interested to note he is also currently employed by the Mayo forces in opposition to the DM&E expansion project <A href="http://postbulletin.typepad.com/soapbox/files/dme_report_5_8_06_final.pdf">http://postbulletin.typepad.com/soapbox/files/dme_report_5_8_06_final.pdf</A> Vaninetti's opinion follows in lock step with that of the AAR, which is everything is just fine the way it is with captive domestic shippers and differential pricing.  Don't go and do something radical like actually introducing intramodal competition into the mix!  The stats he uses in the JS story seem to be lifted directly from the AAR's website, and are not an independent analysis of the rail-shipper interaction. Any guesses on the how and why he ended up with a JS opinion piece? The fact that he (as a de facto Class I consultant) is also an opponent of the DM&E project seems to confirm the suspicions that BNSF and UP are heavily involved with the Mayo opposition forces.
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