| Posted by Dan I. on June 10, 2020 | |
The photo has almost the same look as the CSX yard in Corbin, Kentucky does. A lot of tracks with no railcars sitting on them. Hardly any movement at all. I reside south of Corbin about fifty miles or so in upper East Tennessee with the CSX KD Subdivision tracks just behind my house. Used to see 15 to 20 trains a day when I was home and not working. Since I just retired six months ago, now I am lucky to see two to three trains a day. As the photographer stated: "in storage due to Covid-19". I just wonder how much this new term "precision railroading" has to do with it? Seems like things really slowed down after CSX adopted it. That is my opinion of it.
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Precision Railroading is nothing more than a way to use data analytics to maximize profits at the cost of customer service and flexibility. Efficiency trumps effectiveness.
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Dan has a good comment about the real cause here. Forget the COVID virus; it seems CEOs and major shareholders enjoy this situation if it makes them more money, and we've seen this in RRs get quite bad for the last several years, if not more. Short-term profits above all else: Who cares about rail customers and US industry needs or opportunities? I think the real virus is as Dan says: The money-grubbing CEOs and their allies.
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