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[quote user="tree68"][quote user="futuremodal"] <snip> If Vaninetti had at least mentioned such things as captive shippers, differential rates, loss of rail service to rural customers, contractual shortfalls of promised coal deliveries, et al, maybe one could contend with the allegation that this article is pure tripe.  He didn't, so it is. [/quote] Let's face it, Dave.  It could be an article about the demise of the caboose, but if it doesn't mention captive shippers, it isn't worth reading... [/quote] No, it's an opinion piece meant to counter the growing movement to reregulate the railroads, an unfortunate but predictable response to the inherent abuses of partially deregulated natural monopolies.  As such, it would have served Vaninetti's purpose manyfold if he had actually addressed the captive shipper and differential pricing issues and then provided his counterarguments. Oh, he'd still be a hack, but at least a credible hack. But since there are no valid counterarguments to those issues, perhaps he was better off with the fictional view he displayed. And if you can provide any referential tie-ins to cabooses and captive shippers, let's here it.  Otherwise, it's just another wasted fish and bicycles comparison.
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