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Ed,I knew of a short line that did that .All to sadly this short line lost its customers to trucks and a plant closing..They used a tan colored GE70 tonner with no road name and carried the number 22...The road was 1.5 miles long and served IIRC 7 customers in its heyday..When I visited this short line in '77 they was down to 3 customers and was working 2-3 days a week..

An all too familiar story Larry. Countless short lines have seen their customer base fall off to practically nothing and eventually folded. Many depended on a single major customer that closed their doors and with the customer went the railroad. Others have managed to stay in operation for years by operating on an as-needed basis. A few others have managed to literally come back from the dead by working with their communities and getting new business on their lines.

There are a few that I know of today, that exist on the basis that traffic "may" develop and have yet to turn a wheel. Unfortunately, unlikely to happen in our current economic state. But one can always hope for the best.