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I monitor the railroad frequencies in my office at work. I over heard this conversation on a U.P. yard frequency: "Guy's we gotta get this train built by 2:00 o'clock, if these cars of plastic are'nt in Indianna by Thursday some company goes down for material." There was a 1 minute pause than "Yard say's if we get this train built by 2 he will spring for pizza." <br /> This simple conversation brings up two questions; <br /> N0.1 Is that common for railroad's to offer insentives to get priority trains built. Do they have a budget for that? (I tried to get money budgeted for that for our "trades" workers and the board almost threw me out the top floor window.) <br /> No.2 When did railroads start working with and worrying about customers? <br /> TIM A
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