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Delaware-Lackawanna signs five-year operating agreement extension
Secure those new customers, they’re the key to survival. I don’t recall who said it, but someone once said that your typical shortline, even if it performed perfectly with no issues for a year, could annually face a loss of 10% of its traffic for reasons totally out of its control.
I’ve been wondering if Norfolk Southern’s acquisition of Canadian Pacific’s line in Pennsylvania (and Taylor Yard) will bring an end to D-L’s trains over the Poconos to the interchange at Slateford Junction.