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No one but the last posting brought up one of the RR's financial problems- they don't make an adiquite return on their invested capital, and millions of dollars in cars parked on a siding are making no return on capital. RR's have often had the idea that if you owned it there was "no cost" as long as there was no out of pocket expenditure ( I can tell you thet govt. works the same way) But there is a very real cost- the money I could have been making if I had invested in something else besides standing rail cars. The bean counters can tell you the cost. I like the posting that said to auction them off on a regular basis.
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