@opendna @sidereal yea pretty much lots of cargo moving around, intermodal yards are usually where boxes get loaded onto cars, eventually get pulled to a shunting yard to get organized by destination in a long train. never heard great things about management from any line tbh, once described as the “Eye of Sauron”. Railroaders do have a lot of rules and the saying “every rule is written in blood.” most of the time the rule helps avoid fatal injuries while on the job.

@opendna @haifisch @sidereal this is your public service announcement that there is no, and never has been any, Tragedy of the Commons. Even Garrett Hardin walked back the concept. Commons were always managed. What there has been and continues to be is greed and selfishness that attempts to abuse the existing regulatory and mgmt structures.