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To: i-node who wrote (386135)	5/24/2008 1:34:15 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575120

people can't wait for rail freight, takes to long. They want it yesterday

To: i-node who wrote (386135)	5/24/2008 2:22:20 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575120

There is one major problem I'll mention.... "Unions" You've seen the disaster locally with MoPac and Union Pacific merging and the shutdown of Southern Pacific and Rock Island lines. Hell, the politicians dug up the tracks and made feel good wild life trails out of them. I would say part of the lumber industry problem in Arkansas is due to the railroad issues.

To: i-node who wrote (386135)	5/25/2008 2:39:19 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575120

There are strong reasons for why this has not happened. You need to read up on the subject. I'd love to see electric trains across the country, replacing all of these trucks destroying the roads that politicians do not fix with our fuel taxes. It is, to me, astonishing that rail isn't being used far more heavily than it is. The railroads need badly to get their crap together and create express routes that will get people from one city to another quickly, and to create a sophisticated small freight delivery system along with it. If they don't, a Fred Smith is going to come along, eventually, and yank it out from under them. Rail freight is totally under-utilized within the United States.