Is the Economy right now effecting trains good or bad? Also, has Train Traffic increased or decreased because of the Economy?
BAD, like just about everything else…I heard on Fox radio today that CSX volume year to date in 2009 is down over 22%!
Where I am at we are roughly down 200 cars per day from January , and 400 cars per day since last year . I see Train symbols annulled daily . So it is bad and getting worse .
Traffic is definitely down virtually all over. That’s the bad. But there is good in that railroads, government, and now the public is beginning to understand, that rail infrastructure 1) can be a valuable part of the total transportation system; 2) that it needs rebuilding and expansion; and 3) now, without the traffic, is a good time to do the work in preperation for the future. That’s the good.