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What was the singlemost damaging invention that hurt the railroads?
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Obviously, it was the invention of bean counters, who somehow convinced the railroads that they should tear out double track and replace it with single track which only instititionalized predetermined delays in shipments, that they should push for heavier axle loadings to become "more efficient" when all that did was cause a geometric rise in track maintenance costs, that they should rid themselves of "redundant" trackage when all that did was cause major headaches when derailments and such closed down the only remaining mainline, that they should cut back on the labor force to save on labor costs only to find that they didn't have enough employees when demand picked up, etc., etc., etc...............
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