Posted by mkirsch on September 05, 2014 at 05:18:34 from (72.45.143.81):
In Reply to: Railroading posted by NEsota on September 04, 2014 at 15:20:36:
Yeah, but rail traffic has been on a steady decline since the 1950's. There was little sense in maintaining redundant rail lines when the traffic didn't support them.
If you were an investor in a rail company back then, you would have raised holy hell if you heard the company was maintaining excess rail "just in case."
People have this mentality that companies have unlimited resources and that they should just maintain everything forever. That's not how it works.
People have this mentality that companies can just snap their fingers and make things happen overnight. That's not how it works.
People have this mentality that companies have unlimited excess capacity just sitting around doing nothing, ready for a sudden and unexpected boom. That's not how it works.
If companies operated like that, there would be no companies. They would all have gone broke long ago.
What we have here is a major OPPORTUNITY to get this country out of this slump. Railroads will have to be built. Locomotives, cars, etc.. The trucking industry is going to benefit too. Lots of good paying jobs.
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