I’ve seen this said by a lot of people lately. I definitely don’t want to defend the Class 1’s but I should clarify that statement. During Biden’s presidential emergency board, they the PEB said something along those lines. I have had so many emails the last couple of weeks and I can’t find the exact comment. It was the PEB that said this after they met with the big railroads. Naturally majority of railroaders have made shirts, hats, stickers, etc with this quote and have run wild with it. I agree with the statement as it truly feels that way but I also want to be honest about where that came from.
Correct me if I am wrong but there are only two Class 1 railroads right? UP and BNSF
Wow just looked it up I am way off CSX KCS and CN are all Class 1s.. but I think UP and BNSF are substantially larger than all of them.