Clipping

[Kenneth Josephson]

Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> Sharing rail rights of way isn't as simple as that, especially in this day
> of lawsuits. Look at what happened after (Ricky?) Gates ran that Conrail
> train into the path of a Northeast Corridor passenger train... These days
> it's all about having exclusive use of your tracks, and while maybe earlier
> that would not have been the case I can't see that until around 1965 things
> would have been suitable to that, and probably not even then. The Pennsy
> quit their commuter service in... 1963 I think and I can't see why they'd
> want PAT on their rails after that. If they did it would be "give us money,
> let us run trains". And they didn't even seem to be overly enthused with
> that!

True. But it has worked in San Diego. Plus there is a PAT busway along a
railroad corridor on the East End. The tracks there have been reduced from three
or four down to one. You are correct, litigation has ruined everything.

Ken J.