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[quote user="greyhounds"] [quote user="spokyone"]Does FM have a point about BNSF pursuing trackage rights over the DM&E[?][/quote]No.  Mat Rose is not anybody's fool (as FM foolishly claimed).  And building a rail line as "standby" capcity is a waste of money.Potential brief service interuptions can be more efficiently handled by stockpilling coal.  Safety stock coal will offer more protection than a second rail line.  For example, it will also protect against a mine shut down, something that also happens.  A "standby" rail line will be useless in such a situation.[/quote]Does anyone know where Ken got this idea that new capacity in the PRB would be "standby"?And yes, Matt Rose is an ABSOLUTE fool to not take advantage of the inevitable DM&E PRB extension by aiding the financing of the new line in some way in return for additional (not "standby") capacity.And while we're at it, will someone please inform Ken that the current Orin line is shared capacity, so including DM&E in the shared capacity concept is a win-win for all three parties, not to mention the nation's coal consumers.
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