Re: (erielack) Freight Trains Today

[bob gillis <robertgillis_@_verizon.net>]

david heckman wrote:
> Dear Paul The wordPlethora as mt Med dictionary says is(an excessof 
> blood in the ciculatorysystem or in one organ or area. So my question is 
> what does this word have to do with Railroading?


Paul Brezicki  wrote:

 > There is a perceived lack of variety today compared with the 60's and 
70's,
 > but it's not as bad as you might think. There is certainly a drastic
 > reduction in Class I's, but we still have a plethora of regionals and 
short
 > lines, and for locomotives, leasing companies.

   snip

Jerry why would you use a medical l dictionary rather than  a standard 
English dictionary . In my Webster's New World Dictionary  the first 
entry for  plethora the state of being too full, overabundance, excess.

Although Paul may be a medical doctor, his use of the word was correct

bob gillis

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