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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by jrbernier The C&S(Colorado $ Southern)/FW&D(Fort Worth & Denver) were subsidiaries of the CB&Q, and were included in the 1970 merger, but kept their reporting marks for a few more years(the engines were painted the same as BN). The Frisco was merged much later(1980??) into the BN system(basically a buyout). The Frisco had little choice, either BN or UP would get them in the end. The SP&S was a full merger partner in 1970, it was not merged in later. The SP&S was built with Hill(GN/NP) money to invade Harriman territory(UP). That same Hill money financedthe purchase of the CB&Q and it's extension to St Paul to make a connection with the GN/NP. Jim Bernier [/quote] According to information in the press (i.e. Trains Magazine, etc.) at the time the SP&S was LEASED by the newly formed Burlington Northern in 1970 and was later folded into the corporate structure. It was not a "full merger partner in 1970".
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