(Source: Railway Age opinion column by David Peter Alan, April 8, 2022)
NEW YORK — I’m sure that many people my age (I’m in my 70s) remember the “can do” attitude of the railroads from our youth, so many decades ago. Today, two of the nation’s seven Class I railroads (soon to be six, most likely) whine and complain about how two round trips on a run of 145 miles each way is about to turn their systems almost into inoperable mush. I find it difficult to believe that two giant corporations that have built their networks by combining many great railroads of the past have become capacity-constrained and fragile.
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