links for 2011-09-15

  • nice to find this again, thanks to Tamara… originally in Whole Earth Review of Spring 1987
  • "…Since freight railroads were deregulated in 1980, the number of large, so-called Class I railroads has shrunk from 40 to seven. There are now only four that matter: CSX and Norfolk Southern in the East, Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe in the West. These four now take in more than 90% of the market…"
    (tags: railroads)