Re: Modoc Line-Capacity Problems?
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 10-23-2014 - 19:45
George Andrews Wrote:
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> BOB2, the examples you listed above all had/have
> several things in common:
> 1) They were/are in rather remote areas, access -
> wise,
> 2) They were/are an operations headache.
> It's not surprising that the railroads involved
> wanted to marginalize these lines.
I don't see the Modoc line being a operational headache compared, to say Donner. I do see routing traffic via Roseville over Donner so that you can charge more $$$ in shipping costs as the route aforementioned is much longer.