Yeah, I thought that the emphasis on (and assumption of) an inherent tragedy of an expanded yard detracted from what was otherwise a fascinating and pretty grea

Yeah, I thought that the emphasis on (and assumption of) an inherent tragedy of an expanded yard detracted from what was otherwise a fascinating and pretty great article. I kept waiting to learn why this expansion was going to be so detrimental to the rail network, but I guess the author’s view is that the expansion is bad because it’s a requirement of a suboptimal network. I was going to make the observation that once the yard has been expanded, I doubt it would ever be reclaimed for other uses, but the number of paved-over spurs and customer connections disproves that point. It makes me sad to think about the amount of literally irreplaceable infrastructure that’s been ripped up rather than retained for future freight levels or repurposed for passenger use.