Comment: Blame Warren Buffett. RTD did not sign the deal for use of BNSF for a few years after 2006 the voters approved the use of BNSF tracks(public record). Buffet bought final 77% of BNSF (that he did not own) for $44M in november 2009 and when RTD came back to sign the deal Buffet wanted 4x more $ for occasional use of HIS tracks ( he wants about $1B to share the tracks. That's why HE is super wealthy and a kinda  huge dick.