Wagonload freight on a mass point to point operation with low and intermittent traffic volumes has been virtually wiped out or is planned to be seriously downgraded in several European domains.
But I think right now I should debunk the claim, which I'm seeing a lot in comments, that I took the rating agencies seriously when they downgraded other countries, especially in Europe.
Most seriously, crimes are being downgraded; crime scenes are revisited, and victims called back, expressly so that reports can be revised, and the seriousness of the crime downplayed.
So there is no reason to take Friday's downgrade of America seriously.
And now to cap it all, the one flagship left in the Osborne armoury, the maintenance of Britain's triple-A credit status, is seriously under threat from a downgrade by the rating agency Moody's if Britain falls deeper into recession.
Outlook: The implosion of Mexicana, and FAA downgrade, has undermined seriously the outlook for the Mexican airline sector.
An actual downgrade of Japan's rating would be damaging because investors could start to seriously question the nation's fiscal health and its risk of default, causing yields on long-term government bonds to climb.
But if it gets a second downgrade or it looks like a third may be coming, then you ought to seriously consider shifting to another company".
Under the TSA's plans, maternity patients and seriously ill children would no longer be treated at Stafford, while its critical care unit would be downgraded and some emergency surgery lost.
"Downgrade, Mortimer, downgrade!!!" .
