crmeatball Wrote:
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> Can anyone provide some sort of official
> documentation stating UP will not allow foreign
> steam to operate on their network? I hear such all
> the time, but I've never seen anything other than
> foamer conjecture on the topic. That fact you
> don't see non-UP steam on UP suggests there is
> some reason, but I've always thought it was more a
> financial issue rather than an outright ban. UP
> might just have some insurance or technical
> requirement which prevents others from using their
> network. It is something I have come across often
> in my business dealings - that these things fall
> apart more from insurance or technical issues than
> policy issues. Seems like if it were a policy
> driven prohibition, it would be bad for UP. Not
> in the eyes of railfans (whose opinion has little
> value to UP execs) but makes them look spiteful
> and overly-protectionist in the eyes of shippers
> and no one wants to work with a jerk.


Shippers could care less about such trivia.

If you think UP doesn't have such a policy, please
list all the non-UP steam excursions that have
operated on the UP (not counting the AFT, which was
NOT an excursion) since 1960.