Mr. Casterton's letter is irrelevent in the scheme of promoting railfreight in Ireland. He is not a resident or tax payer in this country. His opinion is worthless.
At the outset of P11, we requested help from people in relation to Rail freight as our accumalated knowledge was prodominantly based in the passenger area. Mr. Casterton(turbotim) and his associates at Irish Railway News were found "wanting" due to their own "complexes" in relation to P11 and its audacity to actually criticise Irish Rail and/or the WRC amongst other things. Had they reacted differently, then maybe P11 (with their help) could have made a realistic contribution to highlighting railfreight possibilities online and in the media. P11 now operates solely in the passenger sphere as our tag line suggests...National Rail passengers Organisation. However this does not preclude anyone from discussing railfreight on the board.
Furthermore, Mr. Casterton, deliberately refuses to post articles from the local media in Ireland, that feature P11, on the IRN website. While some readers may not see the need or relevence for me saying this, I will conclude by stating, that his opinion and urge to write to an "Irish" newspaper, is counter productive to the rail freight question as it is seen by many as an attempt to influence action, purely on the basis of enthuasiasts whims.
Mr. Casterton has absolutely no right to debate the issue of railfreight in The Republic of Ireland. His agenda should be questioned as he had the chance to offer "knowledge" to a "local" organisation and refused to take it up.
His "letter" is nothing more than a pathetic "plea" from the safety net of a computer and not someone who sees the network on a daily basis.
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