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Re: Would container traffic have saved the Milwaukee Road?
Author: Rob Leachman
Date: 04-10-2013 - 17:47
George Andrews Wrote:
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> I always thought it odd that Milwaukee would pull
> the plug on their Rocky Mtn. electrification
> during the 1973 - 1974 Arab Oil Embargo, which
> drove U.S. oil prices up so much.
George, your implicit assumption was the Chicago-Milwaukee Corp. wanted to be in the railroad business. They decidedly did not. They had a tentative deal for BN to take the entire RR off their hands. A condition of that deal was that there be no capital investment in Lines West. Chicago-Milwaukee Corp. was not about to blow that deal and give a green light to the electrification. (As it turned out, they blew the deal anyway.)
> BTW, Rob, I recall Maltby Hill as being only 2%
> Southbound, not 3% as stated.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Rob L.
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> I always thought it odd that Milwaukee would pull
> the plug on their Rocky Mtn. electrification
> during the 1973 - 1974 Arab Oil Embargo, which
> drove U.S. oil prices up so much.
George, your implicit assumption was the Chicago-Milwaukee Corp. wanted to be in the railroad business. They decidedly did not. They had a tentative deal for BN to take the entire RR off their hands. A condition of that deal was that there be no capital investment in Lines West. Chicago-Milwaukee Corp. was not about to blow that deal and give a green light to the electrification. (As it turned out, they blew the deal anyway.)
> BTW, Rob, I recall Maltby Hill as being only 2%
> Southbound, not 3% as stated.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Rob L.
