From: otterpower@xhotmail.com   
      
   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.   
      
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