OPRRMS Wrote:
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> Here's a link to the text of the STB's decision
> [.pdf format] which clearly indicates that Union
> Pacific will retain the common carrier obligation
> for service on the line if it's indeed purchased
> by the county:
> [www.stb.dot.gov]
> NID/E48D156162591F7D85257966004F7E6F/$file/41560.p
> df
>
> To that end, the sale to the county would not
> expressly require UP to lease the line to a
> third-party operator.

You can keep discussing the STB all you want and I won't argue with you, but again this was part of the initial agreement that had nothing to do with regulators.