I have been pondering the ominous possibility of this nation one day adopting a two carrier system. Hopefully “merger mania” has been satiated for a few years but what about the future? How long do you think it would take the bean counters and big wigs to figure out that “efficiency” is the new name of the game in this global economy? They probably already have I’m sure. There have been many threads covering the pros/cons/likes/dislikes of this subject so I’m not going to talk about that. Believe me, I was peeved when CNW, SP, and CR were absorbed so any other mergers would not make me happy in the least bit. But if it did happen, what the heck would you name them? Of course we can’t have a monopoly. If we went to two east-west carriers, what would YOU name them?
Edited to add - I agree, the Union Pacific is way too proud of its heritage (and it has a right to be proud) to willingly allow itself to be called anything else.
I don’t want to admit that it’s true, but it is. Let’s just allow the UP to monopolize the whole thing and get it over with. I can start their ad campaign:
“The Union Pacific…serving your town with at least three parallel lines!”