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You people are coordinating your attacks on me and then comparing notes on strategy. Want to know what I really think? NO- didn't think so but your lack of knowledge of political science is breathtaking. Railfans/model railroaders are the ONLY people outside the railroad industry who support the railroads in public debate. It is interesting to note how many issues the railroads are getting pounded on these days If UP wins this, they'll bring down another 1/100 cent per share to the bottom line. If they lose, they can regain the respect of the ONLY group of voters who don't mind the sound of a locomotive horn and if you don't think that is important, then maybe you should go to your local community college and take a Poli-Sci 101 course. and I'm sure that this hobby and its participants have made a BIG difference in seeing that railroad friendly public policy has been put into force. UP's arrogance, is endangering that. Of course, it is no coincidence that railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt said "The public be ***ed" Maybe UP doesn't think it needs friends but if their greed wins out in court, they will see what it is like to go to public hearings where no one EVER speaks up for them. They might as well scrap their steam fleet at that point and save some money. Joe Sixpack thinks everything can go by truck. WE know better but will we care if UP stabs us in the back? As for the retired agreement employee who thinks UP is doing the right thing, I cannot comprehend his position in light of the fact that corporate management, not model railroaders made his life miserable for FORTY YEARS. Now he is sticking up for them in this forum. Maybe if railroads scheduled their trains like the rest of the transportation industry does maybe they could staff their trains with some anticipation of work schedules for their employees. Hunter Harrison of CN is working along those lines and his railroad is piling up awards for quality service, low cost and employee morale. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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