04-19-2009, 03:43 AM
JoeH wrote: Their interest these days is in running freight, and they maintain their rail beds to the minimum standards needed for that.
That's just so wrong. Maybe some railroads run minimum standards but
I know at least one that runs above and beyond what the FRA says they have
to do. I work for that major railroad and I know their equipment and
their techniques for maintaining the track. Our safety record is tops.
We're won the E. H. Harriman Award 20 years in row. You are correct
however on running freight, they could care less about running passengers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriman_Award
Grateful11