breezinup posted:Hot Water posted:Dominic Mazoch posted:In the future, my guess UP might have a passenger and steam presence ar CFD. But more than likely it will be closed to the public
No, I don't agree with you. There would be no reason for the UP to continue such a "public" train, without someone else paying for it. That's why the UP has not operated "excursion specials" for many years, except for the annual CFD train. The liability insurance premiums alone for handling passengers are astronomical.
Apparently not too astronomical for the Ft. Wayne Railroad Society and others who operate excursions.
It all is dependent on just how much liability insurance coverage the railroad requires. In the case of BNSF and UP, it is normally 750 million dollars coverage. If the NKP 765 group is operating in the Chicago area under METRA, then they are already covered by METRA insurance. When the 765 group travels to that railroad near Cleveland, Ohio, that RR may require much lower liability coverage.
