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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