kenny dorhamI wish we could De-Monopolize the railroads. Would be nice to see the colors and logos of the Western Pacific, Rio Grande, Santa Fe, Pennsylvania.....Etc Etc. After we deal with that Small Task, the unions could band together and necessitate the use of a Caboose on every freight train again.
Would be nice to see the colors and logos of the Western Pacific, Rio Grande, Santa Fe, Pennsylvania.....Etc Etc.
After we deal with that Small Task, the unions could band together and necessitate the use of a Caboose on every freight train again.
NGH - Not gonna happen! The capital requirements of Class 1's are what caused the mergers to their present size. Considering today's train sizes a manned caboose on the rear end would be a suicide wagon - from slack action alone.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
One merger we will watch is GE is merging with WABTEC Industries these companies have been rivals for years almost as long as railroading.
kenny dorhamAfter we deal with that Small Task, the unions could band together and necessitate the use of a Caboose on every freight train again. Smile
Right after we bring back the 5-member crew.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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Should the several states reinstate full-crew laws?
BaltACD kenny dorham I wish we could De-Monopolize the railroads. Would be nice to see the colors and logos of the Western Pacific, Rio Grande, Santa Fe, Pennsylvania.....Etc Etc. After we deal with that Small Task, the unions could band together and necessitate the use of a Caboose on every freight train again. NGH - Not gonna happen! The capital requirements of Class 1's are what caused the mergers to their present size. Considering today's train sizes a manned caboose on the rear end would be a suicide wagon - from slack action alone.
kenny dorham I wish we could De-Monopolize the railroads. Would be nice to see the colors and logos of the Western Pacific, Rio Grande, Santa Fe, Pennsylvania.....Etc Etc. After we deal with that Small Task, the unions could band together and necessitate the use of a Caboose on every freight train again.
zardoz BaltACD kenny dorham I wish we could De-Monopolize the railroads. Would be nice to see the colors and logos of the Western Pacific, Rio Grande, Santa Fe, Pennsylvania.....Etc Etc. After we deal with that Small Task, the unions could band together and necessitate the use of a Caboose on every freight train again. NGH - Not gonna happen! The capital requirements of Class 1's are what caused the mergers to their present size. Considering today's train sizes a manned caboose on the rear end would be a suicide wagon - from slack action alone. Don't need a caboose; the Conductor and rear brakeman can just ride in the DPU.
Don't need a caboose; the Conductor and rear brakeman can just ride in the DPU.
Still NGH!
No, no more mergers in the US. Just look at the problems the majors (very few exceptions BNSF and somewhat UP) have had managing their own railroads. No one wants problems like that nation wide.
Miningman 2019 could well be the year we see the final acts at least start. My prediction: CP-KCS-CSX starts the ball in motion, countered by BNSF-CN, which then necessitates UP-NS. Keeping my fingers crossed for Amtrak in 2019. May they have a good year, free of mayhem and problems, and to all the naysayers I say 'take off eh!.. in a plane, don't come back.
2019 could well be the year we see the final acts at least start.
My prediction: CP-KCS-CSX starts the ball in motion, countered by BNSF-CN, which then necessitates UP-NS.
Keeping my fingers crossed for Amtrak in 2019. May they have a good year, free of mayhem and problems, and to all the naysayers I say 'take off eh!.. in a plane, don't come back.
Miningmanp
Miningman 2019 could well be the year we see the final acts at least start. My prediction: CP-KCS-CSX starts the ball in motion, countered by BNSF-CN, which then necessitates UP-NS. Keeping my fingers crossed for Amtrak in 2019. May they have a good year, free of mayhem and problems, and to all the naysayers I say 'take off eh!.. in a plane, don't come back. I find it interesting that BNSF would align with CN/IC now. Back in 1997 I was working for BNSF in southwestern Illinois and southern Missouri. Back then there was discussions of a potential merger that would of created a shortcut to New Orleans via Galesburg and Centralia IL where a connection to the IC mainline would occur. At the time we were trying to boost pool miles but it never happened. Also was a discussion of running trains via the IC to St Louis and connecting with the Ex Frisco there as well. Will be interested to see if this plays out.
Could some people give up on their childish animations? We are discussing Seriously and Manly Things and stick figures are for six year olds who don't know any better. Whil we're at it there won't be any more mergers for a long while; noting to be gained by it until something drastic changes. The last mergers led to acute indigestion and threats of re-regulation. Regulation was one of the reasons we had mergers until 1979. Then the end of protecting the rate bureaus and their negotiations/negotiators from anti-trust worries in the Staggers Act (1979-80) was one of the main reasons for mergers from then on.
I don't think there will be mergers anytime soon. There are far less railroad companies then there was thirty years ago.
"No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow." -Lin Yutang
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Samuel JohnstonCould some people give up on their childish animations? We are discussing Seriously and Manly Things and stick figures are for six year olds who don't know any better. Whil we're at it there won't be any more mergers for a long while; noting to be gained by it until something drastic changes. The last mergers led to acute indigestion and threats of re-regulation. Regulation was one of the reasons we had mergers until 1979. Then the end of protecting the rate bureaus and their negotiations/negotiators from anti-trust worries in the Staggers Act (1979-80) was one of the main reasons for mergers from then on.
Manly men have senses of humor! Don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does!
Life is much too short not to laugh at one self! After all this place has all the stately decorum of a internet forum!
I personally am waiting to see a stick man, er, stick person in a race car jump that canyon that used to be on BaltACD’s posts!
I hope that neither CN nor CP is EVER merged into an American system. I hope that the government of Canada would prevent that ever from happening. Let UP buy CSX and BNSF buy NS (or vice versa) but leave the Canadian railways out of it. We are a separate country whether you guys like it or not.
Would be open to Norfolk Southern-Burlington Northern Santa Fe getting together.
I liked the animation of the cat on the raft.
Samuel JohnstonCould some people give up on their childish animations?
Glad my animations are manly.
Drastic changes? Like PTC and PSR? They are pretty drastic.
Samuel JohnstonWe are discussing Seriously and Manly Things and stick figures are for six year olds who don't know any better.
Females and many males might take exception to your misogynistic tone. Grammarians might suggest you would appear more serious if your syntax were cleaned up.
Samuel Johnston Could some people give up on their childish animations? We are discussing Seriously and Manly Things and stick figures are for six year olds who don't know any better. Whil we're at it there won't be any more mergers for a long while; noting to be gained by it until something drastic changes. The last mergers led to acute indigestion and threats of re-regulation. Regulation was one of the reasons we had mergers until 1979. Then the end of protecting the rate bureaus and their negotiations/negotiators from anti-trust worries in the Staggers Act (1979-80) was one of the main reasons for mergers from then on.
A little comic relief is pleasant to observe.
Johnny
Garth1943 I hope that neither CN nor CP is EVER merged into an American system. I hope that the government of Canada would prevent that ever from happening. Let UP buy CSX and BNSF buy NS (or vice versa) but leave the Canadian railways out of it. We are a separate country whether you guys like it or not.
It has happened in the other direction. WC, IC, DMIR, EJ&E and B&LE were all merged into CN. D&H was merged into CP. SOO was alreaday a CP subsidiary.
kgbw49 I personally am waiting to see a stick man, er, stick person in a race car jump that canyon that used to be on BaltACD’s posts!
I fear that anything else that attempted to cross--race car included--would fall into the abyss.
Deggesty kgbw49 I personally am waiting to see a stick man, er, stick person in a race car jump that canyon that used to be on BaltACD’s posts! I wonder--was the stick person that walked across walking on a thin wire which could not be seen? I fear that anything else that attempted to cross--race car included--would fall into the abyss.
I wonder--was the stick person that walked across walking on a thin wire which could not be seen?
That one guy could walk across the canyon, defying the law of gravity because...
he never studied law.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PzY_ro13UE
Jeff
jeffhergert Deggesty kgbw49 I personally am waiting to see a stick man, er, stick person in a race car jump that canyon that used to be on BaltACD’s posts! I wonder--was the stick person that walked across walking on a thin wire which could not be seen? I fear that anything else that attempted to cross--race car included--would fall into the abyss. That one guy could walk across the canyon, defying the law of gravity because... he never studied law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PzY_ro13UE Jeff
Best I can do with sticks and race cars -
CSSHEGEWISCH Garth1943 I hope that neither CN nor CP is EVER merged into an American system. I hope that the government of Canada would prevent that ever from happening. Let UP buy CSX and BNSF buy NS (or vice versa) but leave the Canadian railways out of it. We are a separate country whether you guys like it or not. It has happened in the other direction. WC, IC, DMIR, EJ&E and B&LE were all merged into CN. D&H was merged into CP. SOO was alreaday a CP subsidiary.
Samuel JohnstonCould some people give up on their childish animations? We are discussing Seriously and Manly Things and stick figures are for six year olds who don't know any better.
"Serious and Manly Things" sounds like a title for a song about teenage angst.
zardoz -- How much for that blizzard of '88 painting?
I thought it was the snowstorm of 1967.
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Samuel Johnston Could some people give up on their childish animations? We are discussing Seriously and Manly Things and stick figures are for six year olds who don't know any better.
Wow! Who peed in your cereal?
'Z', that's funny. Perhaps you should be a bit more serious though. It really would be the manly thing to do.
BOB WITHORNPerhaps you should be a bit more serious though. It really would be the manly thing to do.
zardoz BOB WITHORN Perhaps you should be a bit more serious though. It really would be the manly thing to do. You are assuming that I am a male of the species, and that if indeed I am a male, that I would be even slightly concerned that my behavior fit in with the preconceived notions of what constitutes proper 'manly' behavior.
BOB WITHORN Perhaps you should be a bit more serious though. It really would be the manly thing to do.
You are assuming that I am a male of the species, and that if indeed I am a male, that I would be even slightly concerned that my behavior fit in with the preconceived notions of what constitutes proper 'manly' behavior.
What would you expect from someone who thinks that B-24's were great bombers
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