I just want to tell all of you that, although I’m not a big fan of either SP or UP, that this RR-bashing has got to stop! No railroad is better (or worse) than any other, and that is how it’s going to stay! Don’t get mad at me, because I have a point, every railroad was built for the same purpose, to haul passengers and freight from point A to point B.
Adding to the above point. That is what they do, but they are corporations for the most part that have stockholders and are required to make a profit. A net profit that is. [:)]
I agree. Even though there will always be the which RR is better battle, dougal does have a point. RR were built to haul freight and passengers from here to there (yes I know, big words coming from a guy like me). Can’t we all be friends?
I agree UP bashing and SP bashing ya i do that where’s my hammer[:-,]. LOL[(-D]
Dougal,
You are insistant that this thread cease! However, you seem to be the one whom constantly brings it up! What’s up with that?
Which is why, I think, that they should concentrate on making a profit shipping freight instead of trying to shake down hobbyists! Seeing as they plan to spend $3 million a year to collect $300,000 in fees, I’d say a 90% loss isn’t that good an investment to make!
Dougal:
a]…Feel free to ignore threads that offend you. As soon as everyone does this, the annoying redundancy goes away.[8D]
b]…Most modellers & railfans have legitimate opinions on better vs. worse. It’s often called Freedom of Choice, and Freedom of Expression.[:0]
c]…I’m not mad at you, but if you have a point, it is nebulous to say the least.[?]
d]…Actually, that’s not true…quite a few railroads were built strictly as leverage tools…to extract government land grants which could be sold, to try and bring down a competitor, or to swindle shareholders.That’s why there were so many duplicitous parallelling routes established during the days of the “robber barons”.[:(]
regards
Mike[:)]