From: w.d.hines.unspammed@ns.sympatico.nospam.ca

On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 19:48:22 -0400, conklin wrote:

>
> Would CP  have abandoned this line had the oil business it now has?  I doubt
> it.  Further, this shows the problems of running a railroad with a series of
> cut-rate owners who pay not much attention to safety.  Short lines handling
> dangerous cargo result in some real issues.

I believe when CP sold the line traffic levels were considerably higher than
they were at the time of the Lac Megantic disaster.

gwh

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