From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   >> I believe when CP sold the line traffic levels were considerably higher   
   >> than they were at the time of the Lac Megantic disaster.   
      
   >Then why the sale?   
      
   The usual reasons are that the buyer has more flexible and hence   
   cheaper work rules than the seller, or the seller wants to rationalize   
   its network and has other routes to get traffic to where they want it   
   to go.   
      
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