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L C, Go back to work. [;)] [;)] [}:)] [;)] [;)] Just joking. [}:)] [;)] [:p] Maybe some of the abandoned lines will be brought back into service. Some might need a little rehab but if they are still there maybe it is time to use them again. If the Class 1s don't want those lines then let a regional or short line use them. I didn't want to start a new thread but I have an observation and sort of a question to ask. It is somewhat related to the capacity issue, and somewhat related to $ $ $. But anyway, has anybody noticed how a railroad doesn't always ship a boxcar (or other car) on the shortest route? Instead of interchanging it to another railroad that has a straighter and faster route they will haul it "round about" "their" system so they can keep all the $ $ $ for hauling it around. Here is an example (and I won't mention any railroad names, because I don't want to play any railroad games [;)] [:D] ). One railroad will bring a car into the northwest corner of a state. There is an interchange point there. However, railroad A will keep the car and not interchange it. Railroad B could accept the car but Railroad A won't give it to them. Railroad B could have the car in the southwest part of the state in 3 or 4 hours. Roadrail A sends the car to the mid cental part of the state where it has a large rail yard. The car must be "classified" , humped, and put into another train. There a new set of power is assigned to the train and a crew called. But the car has traveled an additional 4 or 5 hours, then humped and all, taking another 4, or 6 hours. Then put into a train to leave town. Another 2 hours or so. Then it will travel 4 or 5 hours to get to the southwest part of the state. All in all Railroad A has had the car for 10, or 12 hours (if not longer) trying to keep all the $$$ for hauling that car. Railroad B could have had the car to the southwest part of the state in 3 hours or so whereas Railroad A took many hours longer to get that car there. Now I know this is greately simplified and might even "ruffle" some feathers. But if railroads would cooperate more and develope a more efficient routing system (and not be greedy) then the capacity issue might not be such a big issue at all. If rail service became better and car delivery time decreased then more companies might go back to rail shipments. Well I bet this get some comments now. [;)] Should I lock myself in the storeroom now or later? [}:)] [;)]
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