I was told that it was impossible to do because even though we had the rolling stock, we did not have the ability to deal with a union that had the opportunity to charge double time, triple time and all kinds of things on a train that was going across the country for two or three days.

Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
The train was at times inexpensive to operate.

Possible answers:
 - Yes
 - It's impossible to say
 - No
It's impossible to say