You would be surprised! Fluidity beats stagnation every time. When you have fluidity you meet your goals. When you don’t ‘play ball’ the other players will ensure your stagnation.
See:
“River Wars 1: Life along the Mississippi - Competition and cooperation between UP and SP (MP and SSW)” by Frailey, Fred W. from Trains May 1988 p. 26
“River Wars 2: Of hares, tortoises, mules and Big Sweet Mama - Competition and cooperation along the Missouri River” by Frailey, Fred W. from Trains June 1988 p. 40
The best story was of an incident where one of Rob Kreb’s priority trains was held for 45 mins., either as a breach (or mistake) of an agreement, or for no good reason. The next day he ordered that an important train of the offending railroad “see nothing but green signals” until it got to a certain diverging turnout that w
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See:
“River Wars 1: Life along the Mississippi - Competition and cooperation between UP and SP (MP and SSW)” by Frailey, Fred W. from Trains May 1988 p. 26
“River Wars 2: Of hares, tortoises, mules and Big Sweet Mama - Competition and cooperation along the Missouri River” by Frailey, Fred W. from Trains June 1988 p. 40
The best story was of an incident where one of Rob Kreb’s priority trains was held for 45 mins., either as a breach (or mistake) of an agreement, or for no good reason. The next day he ordered that an important train of the offending railroad "see nothin
I’m sure that “running” Chicago is probably like a massive game of chess - every piece as its own rules and keeping the pieces out of each other’s way is a major challenge.
And while I’m sure that things could go so sour in minutes that it would take days to sort it out, I’d also opine that, as Balt notes, that with some cooperation (ie, give and take - a little hit here means a little bump there), everyone would be happier in the end.