On 05-23-97 REGGIE ARFORD wrote to KEN FREEMAN... 
 
 RA> NS /says/ they are happy to get & continue operations at Juniata Loco. 
 RA> Shops and the Sam Rea Shops. How much is true, and how much is happy 
 RA> talk to keep the locals quiet is a matter of some local interest. We 
 RA> are told that the same refrain was sung when other railroads were 
 RA> assimilated. Then their shops were closed. :( 
Oh how very true. And not only in a railroad setting. Anything new on your  
end of the ex Conrail lines? A couple of guys at the yard up here have been  
seen sporting jackets with a CSX "Bright Future" engine on the back and  
"CSX, Rochester, NY" under it.  
Word among the railfans is that the trades would rather be under CSX, mostly 
because NS is tough with the rules, and actually (gasp!) makes people work! 
CP, CN and Susquehanna are all clamoring now for either some protection from 
the "merger" or more trackage rights or outright sales of less used lines 
like 
the Southern Tier and the Montreal Secondary. At least one line sale was put 
on  
indefinate hold till after the merger, the Buffalo Line from Keating to 
Buffalo 
was supposed to go to the B&P, looks like that'll wait.  
                                  K 
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