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[quote user="jeffhergert"] [quote user="Dweezil"]One would think that with all the whining you hear from the RRs about cutting crew costs, they'd see how much they are pouring down the drain paying crews to wait for hours on end for meets, in single track land[/quote]You would be surprised at how long trains sit at a CTC control point in CTC/two main track territory waiting for more "important" trains.Train to Dispatcher:  "UP (number) West looking for a signal at CP A300."Dispatcher to Train:  "I'm going to hold you at CP A300 to get the bird (Z-train) around you.Train to Dispatcher:  "OK, where's he at?"Dispatcher to Train:  "Going thru Boone now."Boone is MP 202, CP A300 is MP 300.  Jeff  [/quote] It was a tongue in cheek comment.  Clearly, the cost of having to maintain a second mainline far exceeds the incremental add on cost of crews burning up hours waiting on meets.In fact, it's only because the RR's have managed to shed many miles of double track (and it's related cost to maintain)  in this post-passenger train era, that crew costs are next in line as a factor to be dealt with.Putting in more miles of dual main as a strategy to control payroll costs, would be folly
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