Re: (erielack) O&W Discussion Group Abandoned RRs in Scranton Area

["Fred Stratton" <erief7_@_msn.com>]

Rich did make an excellent point. Can you imagine if their was no interference from the gov't in the 60's & 70's and the EL could have turned the money loosing, tax gulping commuter lines to the state of NJ where they eventually ended up?





Fred Stratton

MP. 7.2 NS Asheville line

Salisbury, NC


From: Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com
Reply-To: Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com
To: Rich Young <ryoungceo_@_yahoo.com>
CC: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org, erielack-owner@lists.elhts.org
Subject: Re: (erielack) O&W Discussion Group Abandoned RRs in Scranton Area
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:05:46 -0400
>Rich,
>
>Excellent point. Clearly, had the government been willing to subsidize
>rail transportation, as it has for highways, airports, etc., many of these
>"redundant" routes could have been retained. Fortunately, the concept of
>railbanking took hold, but still many routes that might be invaluable in
>the future have been lost (due to encroachment) because their present value
>is difficult to prove. I can't help but think that in the year 2100 we in
>the US are going to wish that we had the 
rail map of 1915 available to us.
>
>Chuck
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> Rich Young
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> Please respond to
> Rich Young
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> Surprisingly in the July 1925 issue of Railway Age
>there is a long article about the redundency of routes
>and infrastructure and how 85% of the traffic is
>primarily shipped over 15% of rails. And the case
>being the easing of taxes on the less used routes
>because they were not allowed to abandon those lines.
>The 
regulatory body's case being the economic
>stability of the areas served as well as the reroute
>cabilities and capacity in case of national crisis(
>war) .
>
>I find it funny that the same issues over time keep
>appearing as well using the same argument in the 80's
>to abandon many lines and now you have the capacity
>issues of today.
>
>Rich Young
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