Re: "Common Carrier"?
Author: Beartooth Bob
Date: 12-23-2020 - 20:23
John Wrote:
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> I find this an interesting thread with the advent
> of PSR. Someone posted recently that the STB only
> regulates rates. No mention of railroads common
> carrier obligation to ship anything. It's been
> reported the railroads are turning away business
> they don't deem profitable.Remember boxcars?
> Contrary to that I also read the railroads were
> required to haul dangerous chemicals that they
> just as soon would not haul. Can someone in the
> know shed light on the railroads and the
> regulators current situation regarding common
> carrier obligations? .
Thank you John, this is exactly the conundrum I have been thinking about for years.<