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I won't copy the previous postings on this as they were fairly lengthy, but
to add something to what Dale Wilson said, it will certainly need a change
in public or government attitudes to move more business onto the rails
although this may be influenced by the increasing cost of highway
construction. However I suspect it is a fair way distant in Ontario.
One of the reasons that EWS is rapidly gaining business in the UK is that
the "Freeway" system there is becoming choked and the current government
(who have a huge majority and may be in power for a while) have indicated
they do not intend to solve the problem by building more roads. It is so
bad that out on the open road things now often come to a halt, not just on
the M25 around London or near the M5/M6 intersection in Birmingham which
have been problem spots for years. This is starting to affect JIT delivery
and shippers are starting to look to rail again because they have better
reliability (something that was never the case when BR ran the trains). It
could happen here but I suspect it will take a while.

Ian Platt