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Rob, Regarding point #2, as much as Milwaukee management earned some praise for getting into new markets as conditions of the BN merger, they maybe could have, should have demanded much more. As a grade schooler at the time of the BN merger, it was my observation that in order for Milwaukee to compete on an even keel with the newly created BN, they would need to: A. Access the entire I-5 (nee U.S. 99) corridor all the way from Portland to Vancouver BC over the BN mainline. B. Get additional access into Portland via rights over the SP&S from Spokane. C. Get rights into the "Inside Gateway" via Bend and Kalamath Falls OR into California. This would have resulted in equal access to the same West Coast termini as BN, and also could have absolved some of the track maintenance issues by using BN tracks where possible west of Spokane. If maintenance funds became scarce (as it appears they did), Milwaukee could have consolidated that work to trackage east of Spokane, exploiting the use of BN tracks in Washington state to keep traffic moving upright.
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