Union Pacific Railroad Yards/Shops closing down.

https://www.progressiverailroading....rt-of-Chicago-area-simplification-plan--57480

https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wi...roviso-yard-hump-consolidation-of-other-yards

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4789363

http://northeastnews.net/pages/union-pacific-closes-neff-yard-northeast/

https://www.ble-t.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=2663

https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/...cle_3e56eb10-5197-11e9-93ad-07e07fbe8a36.html

https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/04/18-up-halts-work-on-new-hump-yard-will-idle-two-others

https://www.pbcommercial.com/news/20190207/union-pacific-officials-say-pb-shop-closing

https://www.reddit.com/r/Train_Serv...n_pacifics_butler_yard_reduces_workforce_and/

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4686171

https://blackmonauctions.com/project/union-pacific-el-paso-facility-liquidation/

In 60 years time the US railroads have changed ever so much. In the very early PRR days there were manned trackside towers, some within line of sight of one another. The 5 mile long Altoona Pa 7 yards, and shops employed 30,000 workers. Pitcairn was the largest classification yard on the western division, then Enola Pa yard, and Conway Pa yard were built. Johnstown Pa had a pretty busy yard, as did Huntingdon Pa. All these yards, were where trains dropped off local cars for delivery to industry sidings. Enola was once closed, and has had 90% of it's track permanently torn out. South Phila Greenwich, Grays Ferry-East Side yard, Pavonia (Camden) have all seen massive trackage torn out. Up and down the PRR system all the maintenance shops were sooner or later, all closed.

If a railcar is loaded with sulfuric acid in Newark NJ, how is that railcar routed to the far away industry siding in Bridgeton NJ, on a branch line ? Surely the mainline interstate fast freight, does not stop, to drop off railcars to all the local industry sidings ? Without classification yards, to make up, and break down, trains, I see the nations railroads permanently losing rail shipping customers, and railroads losing billions in lost revenue, if not going completely bankrupt and closing down, thereby forcing having the US Military/Govt to run the actual railroads.

I envision massive layoffs in industries that once used railroads as a shipping means, and the nations interstate road system will be even more clogged with interstate trucks, hauling products that were once shipped by rail carriers.