Is the diesel prices the reason why we're not getting as much railroad traffic?

[Mopac1980]

Originally Posted by M3 Mitch

BNSF is good and active on the line that runs parallel to SR-22 out past Prosser. Although, I have noticed some trains stopping and or going *really* slow close to the house.

Off topic, but you do know about the one steam engine that's parked in the rail yard close to the Richland airport, right? It came right by our place on a cool morning late this winter, IIRC. In any case, it's there.

BNSF has a pretty good website, with a "company store" where you can buy paraphenalia, if you are interested in that.

I do not know anything about the steam engine that is parked close to the airport in Richland, I have never gone railfanning out in Richland at all, I have seen trains going by on the BNSF line going towards Yakima and they have a good amount of railroad traffic on that line.

[texdav]

The same ones that maintain the rods really. It is the long haul cost of moving a big load I am talking about. It is much cheaper. There will still be trucks but not many long hauls. Locomotives are very efficent in moving heavy loads. We are having a boom where I live and the railroads are really busy.Besides these railroads wouldn't just be moving freight but people. Europe is a example. The main opposers are not even truckers but the airlines really. Because trucks on the road are more than at maximum capacity how ;as far as numbers.Notice that the NFTA highway includes space for rail traffic in the future.