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The crucial historical fact being conveniently ignored by Mark is that it took alot of major rerouting and expensive reconstructing before the GN was finally able to boast a decent average gradient on it's PCE. And the funny thing is, even then GN could only carry half of what the Milwaukee carried out of Seattle and Tacoma. Good thing JJ had those NP land grants to carry him through! <br /> <br />Why did the GN not build the Spokane to Portland line as a GN line? Because GN needed NP to help foot the bill. And where did the NP ever get any cash? Those massive land grants. <br /> <br />The NP land grants saved the Hill lines. Without them, the GN would have gone the way of the Colorado Midland. <br /> <br />BTW, don't you know when DPM was waxing poetic? If you want to get into a DPM compliment contest between the GN and Milwaukee, Milwaukee wins. It is well known that the Milwaukee was DPM's favorite railroad. Either way, his words regarding GN or Milwaukee are not meant to be taken as historical analysis, but as the feel good journalism it was intended to be.
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