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[?] <br /> <br />My model railroad is the Wisconsin & Iowa (WIAR), a fictional line serving as <br />a long bridge line between Kansas City & eastern Canada via Sault Ste. <br />Marie (KC-Cedar Rapids-Dubuque-Wausau-Iron Mountain-Sault Ste. Marie). <br />The WIAR main at Wausau splits, one line SW towards Dubuque, the other <br />west into Minnesota, accessing the Twin Cities over trackage rights <br />agreements with the CNW, with the main continuing on to a major interchange <br />point with the BN at St. Cloud, then further northwest to Winnipeg via Devils <br />Lake, ND (yes, I am a major competitor with the Soo Line). The WIAR also <br />operates a portion of the the former CGW (Dubuque-Oelwein-Waterloo- <br />Marshalltown) as a secondary main. <br /> <br />Since the Erie Lackawanna is my favorite "real" line (albeit long gone), I'm <br />envisioning a fictional buy-out of the EL by the super-rich ownership of the <br />WIAR that saved the EL from destruction by Conrail. The "Meteor Service" I <br />imagine provides an east-west link for wood products and grain delivered by <br />the CN to WIAR at Winnipeg. WIAR runs it all the way to Menominee, WI <br />where it is handed-off to the CNW for transfer to Proviso Yard near Chicago, <br />where it is transferred to the EL for shipment to the east coast. Intermodal <br />traffic is also envisioned, exploiting the EL's wide ROW, mostly heading in the <br />opposite direction. <br /> <br />While being a part of the WIAR "family" and having some of its branch lines <br />sold-off or abandoned out east (including the Dayton Branch off the main at <br />Marion), with dispatching performed at the WIAR headquarters in Dubuque, <br />the EL retains a fair share of its former identity, including its livery and as <br />many crews and MOW staff as possible (call me an idealist among other <br />things). The EL serves mostly as a high-speed through-freight corridor <br />between Chicago & NY/NJ. The EL yard at Marion would probably be severely <br />reduced as well with the sell-off of the Dayton Branch. <br /> <br />Not being much of an expert on railroad economics, would such a general <br />idea of Winnipeg-Menominee-Proviso-NY/NJ "Meteor Service" be a <br /><i>reasonably</i> realistic concept for the mid-to-late 1980's?
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