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Who paid for Brown's study. I have never seen a consultant produce a document without someone paying for it. And whoever paid for it could determine what end result was desired. <br /> <br />PRR mistrusted consultants so much that when they realized that they needed to go outside their own corporation to determine whether the electrification should be replaced by diesel electrics or retained they hired three independent agencies to give three independent reports. PRR was afraid that the consultants would merely tell them what the consultants thought that PRR wanted to hear and by hiring multiple agencies at least one of them should produce a reliable report. If an organization who had all of the data (not just what was published) in front of them and could ask the tough questions of the consultant(s) didn't trust the consultants to give completely straight answers rather than being expensive yes men, how can we at this date be certain that whoever wrote the check that paid Brown didn't let him know what outcome was expected?
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