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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by MichaelSol</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by cornmaze</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by futuremodal</i> <br /><br /> <br />when was the last time anyone heard of a non-captive shipper complaining about rail rates?[;)] <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /><i>Futuremodal,</i> <br />The first post in this thread states that the high cost of rail transportation was the subject of a debate that took place <u><b>in the year 1963</b></u>. <br /> <br />Regulation was the order of the day in 1963. <br /> <br />Think that over before you type up another programmed response.[/quote] <br /> <br />Well, actually reading the first post, the first post actually says this: <br /> <br />[quote]QUOTE: <br />"Transportation costs too much" was a complaint of rail shippers in the 1960's; it was a complaint of rail shippers 100 years ago; <u>and It is a complaint of rail shippers today.</u> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Best regards, Michael Sol <br />[/quote] <br />OK. I will wait for an explanation from <i>futuremodal</i>, then, how all complaints about rail rates in the last 100 years came from a "captive shippers." That was what he asserted in his last sentence that ended with the smiley face.
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