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[quote user="bobwilcox"][quote user="futuremodal"][quote user="Murphy Siding"] [quote user="futuremodal"]     Did I mention that BNSF is the NIMBY in this case? [/quote]      Can you explain this thought a little better?  Is BNSF openly opposing the DM&E loan? [/quote] Yes.  Matt Rose, the BNSF honcho, has gone on record as stating the DM&E project is "bad public policy". I guess such things are only "good public policy" when the federal aid goes to the current rail oligarchs, as opposed to rail oligarchial wannabes. [/quote] Matt Rose gets paid to take care of his investors.  Why on Earth would he think the DME is a good idea for his investors? [/quote] Because the DM&E PRB line would make a nice capacity addition to all the PRB railroads, as it's East-West profile would reduce BNSF transit time between the Orin line and the Alliance sub.  All BNSF has to do is to play nice, and it is likely DM&E will be willing to rent out any extra capacity they might have on that portion, in order to maximize the line's revenue potential. But of course that's not how US rail execs think, given the long sorry history of the integrated closed access mindset.  Geez, did Feudalism even last that long?
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