neroden
Engineer
They're supposed to report them. They don't.
The reason I think it's a very good idea is that all my models (I just reran them...) are showing nearly the entire East Coast long distance network profitable before overhead.
The Cardinal would be if it were daily.
The Capitol Limited would be if it had a through sleeper from the Pennsylvanian.
The Coast Starlight seems likely to break even in 2017.
The Empire Builder seems likely to break even in 2018.
The CONO is only behind by about $4 milion / year.
If recent trends (2012-2016) hold up, the CZ and SWC may break even by 2018.
But the "fully allocated" nonsense, dumping $510 million in overhead on this small group of trains, utterly obscures this.
If anyone is in touch with Wick Moorman, I think this is probably the single most valuable thing he could do for the long-distance division. Make it very clear to everyone that it would actually cost money to cancel the trains, because they're profitable.
The reason I think it's a very good idea is that all my models (I just reran them...) are showing nearly the entire East Coast long distance network profitable before overhead.
The Cardinal would be if it were daily.
The Capitol Limited would be if it had a through sleeper from the Pennsylvanian.
The Coast Starlight seems likely to break even in 2017.
The Empire Builder seems likely to break even in 2018.
The CONO is only behind by about $4 milion / year.
If recent trends (2012-2016) hold up, the CZ and SWC may break even by 2018.
But the "fully allocated" nonsense, dumping $510 million in overhead on this small group of trains, utterly obscures this.
If anyone is in touch with Wick Moorman, I think this is probably the single most valuable thing he could do for the long-distance division. Make it very clear to everyone that it would actually cost money to cancel the trains, because they're profitable.