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This all fascinates me. I worked on The Milwaukee from 1972, until 1982 in train service on the C&M division. I had left the CNW and Amtrak to go there. I felt the place was in pretty good shape then. By '74, trainmen from our division were being asked if they would like to re-locate to the west coast account the traffic boom. I felt secure there until '77 and the first runors of bankruptcy, which I couldn't believe at the time. There were the usual rumors that BN people were being brought in to ruin us so they would get all the traffic. There was the bright ray of hope in the late '70s when Milwaukee's "Sprint Train" service, dedicated intermodal jobs with inter-divisional crew runs, started. They seemed to run as empty as The Hiawatha of 1970. <br />Our former neighbor, and family doctor, became the Cheif Surgeon of the Milwaukee. He administered the annual physicals for the top executives. He remarked to me once, "They're all a nice bunch of guys, but not very bright." <br /> <br />Mitch
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