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Do Railroad Managers Secretly Favor PTC?

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Just to add a little clarity to this thread, I came up with a list of possible positions held by the railroad industry in regard to the PTC mandate:    1)      Railroads oppose the mandate because they cannot meet the deadline. 2)      Railroads oppose the mandate because it is onerous, ham fisted, overly costly, and not the smartest execution of safety improvements.  3)      Railroads oppose the mandate because they have their own technological approach to PTC that they intended to use, but cannot because it is eclipsed by the mandate. 4)      Railroads do not oppose the mandate, but nearly everyone assumes they do. 5)      Railroads oppose the mandate because they are greedy capitalists who could not care less about death and injury, and do not want to waste a dime trying to prevent it.   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All of these except for item #4 have been put forth on this forum, and in many other references. Item #1 is the theme of the FRA response as detailed in their stunning report to Congress.    Items #2 and #3 are widespread viewpoints. Item #4 is my personal opinion, and I have not heard it offered by anybody in any public venue.  It is the topic of this thread where I detailed it in the original post. Item #5 is also a widespread viewpoint, and I would say that it represents about half of the press coverage on the Internet.  It has even been offered here by at least one of the railroaders.  In my opinion, it meshes with the worldview that holds that railroads will treat the public unfairly unless the public is protected by heavy government regulation.
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