Resulting Merger Problems
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1: Rail Merger, Service and Competition Issues
2: Utility Coal-Shipper Perspective
3: Most Recent Rail Mergers Have Not Turned Out Well
4: Difficulties with Recent Mergers
5: Resulting Merger Problems
6: Evaluating Railroad Service
7: Impact of Mergers on Competition
8: Real Cost of Mergers
9: Railroad Merger Problems are not Unique
10: Railroad “Urge to Merge” Still Persists
11: STB Response
12: Choice for Shippers
13: Possible Conditions For Shippers
14: Pro-Competition Measures
15: Possible Bases for Relief
16: Expected Railroad Response:
17: Possible Outcomes
18: Any Common Ground?
