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The old Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe alignment genreally parallels I-40, at least through parts of New Mexico, Arizona and California and is a major carrier of container freight from the Ports of L.A. and Long Beach. I believe Chicago is the end of the line. At one time you might have been able to get some rivalry going between the Union Pacific, Bulrlington Northern and the Santa Fe, but now you just have the UP and Warren Buffet's Railroad. But both Warren and UP are in Omaha, though BNSF HQ are in Fort Worth. Still some rivalry remains.

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by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 08:07:31 PM EST

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For the starter network, the corridor could go through either El Paso and Phoenix or Albuquerque and Flagstaff. With the focus on the 1,000mile and up traffic, its one or the other, but if the electrification of STRACNET continues, it'll end up being both.

Obviously whichever alignment you are on, the other alignment is available to rail freight ... there is, after all, a rail corridor between Flagstaff and Phoenix and between Albuquerque and El Paso, so there are multiple ways to leave one of those two to get onto the other one.

The issue is whichever one you are on, you need to cross over the other one, to allow a multi-model terminal for freight to get off the truck and hit the tracks. I think its workable this way, but wouldn't kick if people wanted it the other way.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 09:34:34 PM EST
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