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Re: Evil banks bust Guitar Man's guitar over his head
Author: Mr Question Man
Date: 09-14-2019 - 21:42
Trowling man,
How many shippers on the line?
Is there a risk at isolating Alamosa?
J.K. Trowling Wrote:
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> Oh, I don't know, maybe 30 years in this industry?
> I've been out there and looked at the freight ops
> on this line firsthand. All the shippers you cite
> don't even come close to paying what it costs to
> operate this line.
>
> And Iowa Pacific was paying the T&E guys barely
> above minimum wage (when they got paid).
>
> Doubtful you'll see any credible operator show up
> at the fire sale for this line.
>
> But if things are as great as you think, why not
> try to line up some financing and serve all those
> customers you rattle off? Let me know how it goes
> maintaining 90 miles of brutal mountain railroad
> with no customers just to get to the potatoes.
>
> I'll say again-- if freight service continues on
> this line, local governments will bare the cost.
> No shortline operator in their right mind would
> take this one on. That's why I was out there.
>
> So, that's where I got my info from, Genius. If
> you think this line is a winner, go ahead and line
> up the financing and show up at the fire sale.
> I'll throw a few cents in your tin can up at Fir
> while you sing backup for Guitar Man.
>
>
>
> ron Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > J.K. Trowling Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > SLRG is a loser. UP and RailAmerica didn't
> > bail
> > > on that line because of the duckets it
> brought
> > in.
> >
> > I think these lines west of Walsenburg,
> including
> > the usable portion of the Creede Branch, the
> > interchange with San Luis Central, the
> aggregates.
> > Potato traffic, the Cumbres and Toltec, the
> scrap
> > business at Blanca onto the remains of the San
> > Luis Valley Southern, the passenger railcar
> repair
> > shop in Alamosa. All those businesses depend on
> > rail service west or Walsenburg.
> >
> > So, again... I dont know where you base your
> > conclusions from.
How many shippers on the line?
Is there a risk at isolating Alamosa?
J.K. Trowling Wrote:
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> Oh, I don't know, maybe 30 years in this industry?
> I've been out there and looked at the freight ops
> on this line firsthand. All the shippers you cite
> don't even come close to paying what it costs to
> operate this line.
>
> And Iowa Pacific was paying the T&E guys barely
> above minimum wage (when they got paid).
>
> Doubtful you'll see any credible operator show up
> at the fire sale for this line.
>
> But if things are as great as you think, why not
> try to line up some financing and serve all those
> customers you rattle off? Let me know how it goes
> maintaining 90 miles of brutal mountain railroad
> with no customers just to get to the potatoes.
>
> I'll say again-- if freight service continues on
> this line, local governments will bare the cost.
> No shortline operator in their right mind would
> take this one on. That's why I was out there.
>
> So, that's where I got my info from, Genius. If
> you think this line is a winner, go ahead and line
> up the financing and show up at the fire sale.
> I'll throw a few cents in your tin can up at Fir
> while you sing backup for Guitar Man.
>
>
>
> ron Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > J.K. Trowling Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > SLRG is a loser. UP and RailAmerica didn't
> > bail
> > > on that line because of the duckets it
> brought
> > in.
> >
> > I think these lines west of Walsenburg,
> including
> > the usable portion of the Creede Branch, the
> > interchange with San Luis Central, the
> aggregates.
> > Potato traffic, the Cumbres and Toltec, the
> scrap
> > business at Blanca onto the remains of the San
> > Luis Valley Southern, the passenger railcar
> repair
> > shop in Alamosa. All those businesses depend on
> > rail service west or Walsenburg.
> >
> > So, again... I dont know where you base your
> > conclusions from.
