From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 08-Apr-14 18:13, Sancho Panza wrote:   
   > On 4/8/2014 7:04 PM, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   >> On 08-Apr-14 16:18, Sancho Panza wrote:   
   >>> On 4/8/2014 3:04 PM, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   >>>> It's trains running on your beloved _freight_ network that lose   
   >>>> enormous   
   >>>> amounts of money, almost entirely due to lack of capital investment,   
   >>>> which hurts both passenger _and_ freight service.   
   >>>>   
   >>> On the contrary, Union Pacific stock has been quite a strong performer   
   >>> for the last several years, and Burlington Northern has not been one of   
   >>> Berkshire Hathaway's shabbier contributors, either.   
   >>   
   >> They don't run passenger trains, except under contracts where they're   
   >> guaranteed to turn a profit regardless of performance.   
   >>   
   > No one said they did. The response was your assertion about losing money   
   > on the freight network, which is overwhelmingly involved in moving freight.   
      
   That I was referring to passenger trains was obvious, at least until you   
   snipped the context so you could deliberately misinterpret it.   
      
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