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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by n012944 The artical then quotes MILW trustee Stanley Hillman as saying "Seldom since the Pacific Coast Extension was completed in 1909 has the Milwaukee been able to attract sufficient business to the rout to justify the hundreds of miles of totally unproductive line that are included in it; and never in recent years has it been able to do so." The 1561 route miles west of Butte, Mont., particularly upset the trustee. "Close to 40 per cent of the MILW's route mileage west of Butte gererates only 6 per cent of its revenues west of Butte." [/quote] Well, stop, take a deep breath, and consider how much of UP's route mileage between Omaha and Salt Lake generates revenues. You can take close to 40% of any transcontinental, leave out the revenue generated at the terminals, and come up with a ridiculous figure. Hillman resigned after he saw the real meaning of what he had been talking about. Trains didn't report that part of the story. [/quote] Does this mean that 6% of the freight originated west of Butte or does it mean that the density of traffic on the line was such that the revenue per track mile x the number of track miles west of Butte was only 6% of the total? A railroad propbably operates most efficiently when there are large numbers of miles between origins and destinations as long as the revenue per track mile is sufficient to support the trackage. That is why railroads concentrate on the long haul freight and often neglect the freight inbetween origins and destinations if the volume or price is low.
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