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Quoth APG45: "Until then I will go with what makes the most sense. That is to accept that railroad professionals around the world know what they are talking about when they say the diesel locomotive was the best way to go." There are lots of studies - the Brown is one example - that arise from someone waking up in the morning with a conclusion in mind and thinking "Wow -- maybe if I can get me some statistics and massage them right, I can support my conclusion and get me some publicity and money thereby!" The Brown obviously is one. First, it amounts to a rationalization after the fact. It formed no conclusion useful to anyone except those interested in establishing a revisionist view of history, a parallel universe, if you will. While the bulk of my experience was in rail operations, I did work as a transportation consultant, both on my own and for a Washington DC firm; I also worked for the government agency charged with the creation of Conrail, which relied considerably on the work of consultants. While we had plenty of knocking to perform on plenty of rail managements, we found nothing to support the claim that their troubles were due to dieselization. As an adjunct, we did quick and dirty analyses of both the Rock Island and Milwaukee Road (both in dire straits) and, again, found nothing to support the present claim. So cite whom you please, Michael and futuremodal. You have convinced yourselves. You're not having much luck convincing the rest of us. Old Timer
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