From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Wayne Hines"  wrote in message   
   news:0%aJv.31485$w82.28203@fx21.iad...   
   > On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 19:48:22 -0400, conklin wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Would CP  have abandoned this line had the oil business it now has?  I   
   >> doubt   
   >> it.  Further, this shows the problems of running a railroad with a series   
   >> of   
   >> cut-rate owners who pay not much attention to safety.  Short lines   
   >> handling   
   >> dangerous cargo result in some real issues.   
   >   
   > I believe when CP sold the line traffic levels were considerably higher   
   > than they were at the time of the Lac Megantic disaster.   
   >   
   > gwh   
   >   
   > --   
   > Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.   
   >   
      
   Then why the sale?   
      
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