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<blockquote data-quote="SlickTrick125" data-source="post: 374991" data-attributes="member: 1582"><p>First of all, I don’t work for the railroad and I don’t disagree with anything stated so far.&nbsp; I fully agree with companies being held accountable for damages to the most precious assets that this country has, like rivers and land.&nbsp; On the other hand, this same company has been trying to tear down a well over 100 year old bridge across the Missouri River and replace it with a new, modern one for several years, and half the town of Bismarck is fighting them tooth and nail.&nbsp; It appears as though “The friends of the Missouri River bridge” have lost their battle of protecting this worn out disaster waiting to happen, and what I presume would have been a useless tax burden on the city of Bismarck when the bridge finally did fall down.&nbsp; Just imagine if that same train were crossing the Missouri and the bridge collapsed.&nbsp; Instead of a couple of cars leaking in the river it would be 10 times that.&nbsp; All you would hear on the news is how the railroad allowed that to happen.&nbsp; No one would mention that they have been in court for the last however many years trying to get the replacement done.&nbsp; My point is that it’s not easy to get anything done even if it’s for the good of everyone.&nbsp; Some bullshit special interest group is going to fight it.&nbsp; Whether it’s a bridge, a power line,&nbsp; a dam, or whatever.&nbsp; For all I know the railroad maybe wanted to replace the bridge that collapsed 10 years ago but the “ friends of the piping plover” got the project stuck in court.&nbsp; In most cases people don’t want things in their back yard but other times people can’t let go of the past either.&nbsp; Anyway sorry to rant, I just do not want something like this to happen on a much larger scale on a much larger river.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="SlickTrick125, post: 374991, member: 1582"] First of all, I don’t work for the railroad and I don’t disagree with anything stated so far. I fully agree with companies being held accountable for damages to the most precious assets that this country has, like rivers and land. On the other hand, this same company has been trying to tear down a well over 100 year old bridge across the Missouri River and replace it with a new, modern one for several years, and half the town of Bismarck is fighting them tooth and nail. It appears as though “The friends of the Missouri River bridge” have lost their battle of protecting this worn out disaster waiting to happen, and what I presume would have been a useless tax burden on the city of Bismarck when the bridge finally did fall down. Just imagine if that same train were crossing the Missouri and the bridge collapsed. Instead of a couple of cars leaking in the river it would be 10 times that. All you would hear on the news is how the railroad allowed that to happen. No one would mention that they have been in court for the last however many years trying to get the replacement done. My point is that it’s not easy to get anything done even if it’s for the good of everyone. Some bullshit special interest group is going to fight it. Whether it’s a bridge, a power line, a dam, or whatever. For all I know the railroad maybe wanted to replace the bridge that collapsed 10 years ago but the “ friends of the piping plover” got the project stuck in court. In most cases people don’t want things in their back yard but other times people can’t let go of the past either. Anyway sorry to rant, I just do not want something like this to happen on a much larger scale on a much larger river. [/QUOTE]

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