by BR&P
Not because of losing that one job. Because overall the cost and logistics of handling the outfit by rail have to be getting worse, not better. Increasing regulation on equipment, capacity constraints as the rails move more crude, lots of factors. Moves like that involve way more PITA for a railroad than an ordinary freight move, and they price accordingly.
Having lost that one contract, they need to find another engagement to replace it, which will entail new routing and unloading needs - and it has to be rail accessible. Sooner or later one might expect the shrinking number of rail locations which can accommodate the train to become a factor.
Having lost that one contract, they need to find another engagement to replace it, which will entail new routing and unloading needs - and it has to be rail accessible. Sooner or later one might expect the shrinking number of rail locations which can accommodate the train to become a factor.