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Railroads not releasing bridge inspection details to media
If the FRA has the information, as this story notes, then the information sought is readily available through the FRA. Seems reasonable that the FRA issue the inspection details. Of course, this will cost them something, which may be why FRA pushes the inquiries to the companies.
And this is what comes from an in-grained bureaucratic structure with no real industry experience. Ms. Feinberg is a political hack and should be replaced. As far as the local governments and for all the other NIMBY’s out there, I hope the railroads continue to file this under “None of your damned business”
Mr. Jefferies you hit the spike on the sweet spot. This Fienberg nitwit knows nothing about RRs/railroading but she has all the answers. I guess her brother never let her run his Lionel under the Christmas tree. She is the worst RR disaster to come along in quite a while. What is she going to do when the RRs stop running on 1/1/16? Stomp her feet, cry and have a tizzy fit? God help our railroads because she doesn’t have a clue.
I wouldn’t tell the media anything either. They will blow every defect out of proportion.
Actually, the smart response would be a careful, fact-filled info-pac from whatever RR is being asked about something. That is the way the world works and why companies have PR depts. CP is obviously tone deaf, and like Hilary Clinton will have to ante up. Sooner or later…The particular bridge in Milw. is old Milw. Rd. and now being used as a poster child, since there exist many other spots on the old mainline thru town which could be, horrors, problematic. The mistake CP makes is to run all freights thru the current depot, thus the bridge. The Milw. Rd. on the other hand used the shortline, aka the airline, call it what you wish, thru the valley, for freights, thus avoiding fouling the main thru the depot, both old and new. That option is likely no longer possible.
This story bothers me. It sort of seems to me that from a PR standpoint the Railroads could be somewhat more cooperative with the towns and cities they pass through. This is called good public relations and being a good neighbor.