Re: Rail Line Relocation Projects???
Author: tom farence
Date: 03-07-2007 - 06:00
lock and dam project along upper mississippi between Savanna,IL and St Paul,MN.....CB&Q mainline between Savanna and LaCrosse was totally rebuilt using Army Corps of Engineers and Fed funds....Milwaukee Road was offered same deal by feds but refused for line on west side of the big muddy....today the IC&E still operates on the original alignment from the 1800s...at 30mph over 400 curves between LaCresent,MN and Dubuque,IA....across the river the BNSF travels at a 60mph pace....go figure....