Poeple on this page should checkout “UP Breakdown”, they’re talking about the same thing, many good comments.
As a railfan I can’t stand UP. But as a UP stockholder I’ve gotten a decent return on my investment. Uncle Pete does have a tremendous public relations problem, but like the Southern Pacific in California, they just don’t give a damn. When you are the onlt game in town and you’ve got to ship, what are you going to do? I can see the day when the big mergers will be broken up, just like at the beginningh the the 20th century, i.e. Standard Oil. It won’t come too soon to suit me.