Well, your premise is your own.
I'm not sure anyone has expressed any loss of love for the damn little basturd cars...in fact, most folks indicate exactly the opposite. If you're talking about his branded little basturds, then your premise does indeed fail to take into account some of the things I mentioned...simply because folks don't like paying money and waiting until he!! freezes over, they damn near die or get taken with subcontractors flaking out. He has competition, and folks are aware of their alternatives...
And really, just WTF cars are you talking about? The originals certainly aren't losing value, the new ones seem to be selling ok due to new management (though some dealers are still snake-
oil salesmen when it comes to meeting committments), and their resale seems to be holding in the marketplace. You assume the cars have suffered...where did you get that from?
In fact...just WTF are you talking about?
Is this some later stage of CSXR angst?