We are wondering what you think about this....

[ezdays]

Back to the topic at hand...

Isn't this the same as "Big Blue Shortline Operator"

The whole concept is an exercise in herding cats

Not really. We started out saying that we didn't want the concept of a holding company. We also said that we wanted this separate from the names, "Big Blue" or "The Gauge", and thirdly, although the idea of a "shortline" was brought up as a twist, we thought that it would be taken as fact and we were prone to avoiding that as well. Lastly, this is Catt's idea, and we're doing our best to keep within his guidlines. Based on that, a shortline is miles apart (yes, a pun) from an international line. Both are viable concepts that are along the same lines (yeah, another pun) :o .