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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill Andrew: With all due respect, you do not know that! What are your qualifications for saying that CN's opportunities are great but they're uninterested (apparently for no good reason)? Show me your 1000-page, $100,000 market analysis that justifies the decision to build just one of these expensive centers and reorient the railroad's pricing, marketing, and operational strategies to make them valuable, and attach to it, please, your net present value analysis of why CN is being obtuse. You have my e-mail address. Until then, I'll respect the railroad's decisions, because they have the data, experience, and knowledge at their fingertips, and WE DO NOT. [/quote] One interesting thing is that Class 1s, like many BIG businesses, cannot seem to get off their collective hind quarters and get anything done. A great example is reload facilities. Short lines and regionals run rings around the Class 1s in terms of setting up and operating or contracting these facilities. Yes, I'm aware that some of them, BNSF in particular, are now getting into this area. It has been a long time coming. One guy I knew with an honors PhD in Economics from a good University put together an excellent proposal for three short lines in the LA area some years ago. Part of the proposal was an intermodal facility in San Bernadino to be served and operated by the short line in conjunction with the ATSF. The proposal with in depth economic analysis was presented to the Santa Fe, who ultimately decided not to spin off the lines. Interestingly enough, the value of the economic forecasting wasn't wasted. Just go see the intermodal yard BNSF built in San Bernadino a couple of years later... LC
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