>>That's why UP went and tore out all of the passenger platforms on the former City of Portland route within days of the Pioneer being discontinued. Older platforms could stay in use, but once the platforms were removed, you'd need to build new, modern-standard platforms at vast expense in order to reinstate service.<<
Wow -- I'm not sure I've heard that one before! That wasn't very nice of them. Perhaps a good business decision to keep freight lines for freight lines but, hey, as a friend points out, the U.P. was given a whole lot of land years ago to provide train service, and this is the service we get?
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Date: 2013-04-26 01:10 am (UTC)Wow -- I'm not sure I've heard that one before! That wasn't very nice of them. Perhaps a good business decision to keep freight lines for freight lines but, hey, as a friend points out, the U.P. was given a whole lot of land years ago to provide train service, and this is the service we get?