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<p>[quote user="mudchicken"](Your so-called "profitable" railroad operations would be seriously in the red here.)[/quote]</p> <p></p> <p></p> <div><span lang="EN-US">DB (Deutsche Bahn/German Railway Company) was a state-run company until 1994 when it went public but remained 100% government owned. Profit was never the primary goal before. DB always had to deliver services for the public and that remained after 1994.<br /><br /></span></div> <div><span lang="EN-US">So yes DB would not survive in the USA but is that a measure? We at least have a functioning passenger railway system. I prefer it this way.<br /><br /></span></div> <div><span lang="EN-US">Spikes were judged not safe enough for the faster getting trains so Oberbau K was introduced gradually starting in 1926. It helped that economics wasn’t the primary concern.<br /><br /></span></div> <div><span lang="EN-US">What I didn’t understand after the Mosier, OR was that UP gave the impression being surprised that lag screws would break. There were reports from Canada in 2014 and Germany 2014 and 2009. In all these cases the reasons were negligent maintenance and fatigue of material.<br />Regards, Volker<br /></span></div>
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