So CSX will allow special excursions like New River, and the other trips Collis P. Huntington operates with Amtrak like to DC, NYC, etc. but no steam power even with a reliable locomotive like 765 or 261? What exactly turned them off on steam? 611 is running on NS with no problem. How can 611 still be running with Wick gone, anyway? Is Jim Squires simply being a nice guy and letting VMT run more excursions with 611? This will be the third season of 611 excursions since its overhaul, and the second without Wick Moorman at the helm of NS. If Hunter Harrison wants to be boss of CSX, let him. He doesn't care about steam anyway, like CSX. He killed CP's steam program when he took over in the summer of 2012, but 2816 was down for repairs anyway, so it simply remained parked. It is hard to run special excursions on railroads that have shareholders and trade on the stock market because they have an obligation to their shareholders to perform (move freight quickly and efficiently) and show a ROI for what they do. NS, UP, and BNSF, though currently allow steam but only on their terms, like NS is only allowing 611 for now and UP only allows their own steam like 844 and BNSF allows steam excursions on a case by case basis, like with 261 and SP 4449.
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