Rail Merger, Service and Competition Issues

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• Rail Merger, Service and Competition Issues
  
• Utility Coal-Shipper Perspective
  
• Most Recent Rail Mergers Have Not Turned Out Well
  
• Difficulties with Recent Mergers
  
• Resulting Merger Problems
  
• Evaluating Railroad Service
  
• Impact of Mergers on Competition
  
• Real Cost of Mergers
  
• Railroad Merger Problems are not Unique
  
• Railroad “Urge to Merge” Still Persists
  
• STB Response
  
• Choice for Shippers
  
• Possible Conditions For Shippers
  
• Pro-Competition Measures
  
• Possible Bases for Relief
  
• Expected Railroad Response:
  
• Possible Outcomes
  
• Any Common Ground?