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Greg Scholl

February 13, 2003 03:50PM

I assume your figure of $2M Revenue, means Gross, not Net profit, so that is indeed a meager amount.
I would venture a guess that the only reason this place hung on so long was due to the bigger picture of the Rio Grande being profitable, and the lack of other means of transportation in the area, thus making it harder to abandon. In retrospect the pipe boom saved the railroad for today, but made more of a deficit for the Rio Grande in the final years.
Sounds a little like the current situation in some respects doesn't it.
Greg

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D&RGW NG Profits	Greg Scholl	February 13, 2003 12:32PM
Re: D&RGW NG Profits	John Craft	February 13, 2003 03:27PM
Re: D&RGW NG Profits	Greg Scholl	February 13, 2003 03:50PM
Unless, of course you consider....	Mike Trent	February 13, 2003 04:42PM
Re: Unless, of course you consider....	Mike	February 13, 2003 05:09PM
Re: Unless, of course you consider....	Greg Scholl	February 13, 2003 05:44PM
Re: Unless, of course you consider....	K28drgw	February 13, 2003 08:37PM
CaN't SpeeL 2nite NM	k28drgw	February 13, 2003 08:40PM
Re: D&RGW NG Profits	John Irwin	February 14, 2003 08:51PM

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