This month's "Trains" magazine News and Photos section made mention of the "paper barriers" that shortlines running Class I spinoff lines are burdened with.
Perhaps the best description of this situation and how it impacts shortline business development is available on the Surface Transportation Board Docket website, in a filing by the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern:
http://www.stb.dot.gov/filings/all.nsf/ ... 216100.pdf
Perhaps the best description of this situation and how it impacts shortline business development is available on the Surface Transportation Board Docket website, in a filing by the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern:
http://www.stb.dot.gov/filings/all.nsf/ ... 216100.pdf
