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Re: Oil train on UP's "Washy", southbound
Author: theconductor
Date: 08-13-2013 - 23:04

Q Wrote:
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> And for finishers:
>
> If the business doesn't offer full trainloads, or
> even represent a majority market share, or other
> low hanging fruit, UP doesn't want it. Loose car
> railroading, and even crappy customer service for
> the smaller load, is way too damn hard for the big
> stUPid to ever manage.
>
> That's why even when times are bad, the trucking
> industry has been busting at the seams and I-5 is
> chronically clogged with trucks.

Doesn't the train that sparked this thread prove your thesis entirely wrong?

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