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Re: Would container traffic have saved the Milwaukee Road?
Author: UP Rail Guy
Date: 04-02-2013 - 20:28
Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> There is no way double stacks would have stayed on
> the rails without a major rebuild of Milwaukee's
> track structure. Nice what if though, please pass
> the bong.
The Burlington Northern "secondary main" from Gillette thru Alliance to Lincoln wasn't in much better shape when the first coal trains started rolling. If the MILW had held on, it might have been able to make a go of it. I think the real issue, besides track condition, would have been vertical clearances for double stacks. With all the tunnels it would have been a lot of work, but if the electrification had remained, it would have been a nightmare to raise all that wire!!!
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> There is no way double stacks would have stayed on
> the rails without a major rebuild of Milwaukee's
> track structure. Nice what if though, please pass
> the bong.
The Burlington Northern "secondary main" from Gillette thru Alliance to Lincoln wasn't in much better shape when the first coal trains started rolling. If the MILW had held on, it might have been able to make a go of it. I think the real issue, besides track condition, would have been vertical clearances for double stacks. With all the tunnels it would have been a lot of work, but if the electrification had remained, it would have been a nightmare to raise all that wire!!!
