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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding futuremodal: I haven't yet figured out how to do multiple quotes in a reply, but several thoughts do come to mind- [/quote] It's easy. To inserf your own comments after a previously recorded comment, just type *bracket* *backslash* "quote" *bracket*, then share your thoughts, then type *bracket* "quote" *bracket* after your comments, and the post will return to the original poster's thoughts. Then repeat as needed. [quote]QUOTE: Don't UP and BNSF both sen their PRB coal trains south on a joint line? [/quote] BNSF trains go north and south, UP south. Both use their own rails outside the joint line. There is no run through freights from UP origin to BNSF interchange, and vis versa. [/quote] You sat MWK and GN having parallel lines would be bad,but NP and MWK having parallel lines would be good? [/quote] You have to understand, the NP had the ace up the sleeve with the land grants. Neither GN nor Milwaukee had any extensive land holdings through the Northern Tier with which to provide collateral. The irony is that NP's land grants were more valuable to a potential suitor than the line itself. JJ Hill realized this right from the start, that without an NP holding, there would be no way to finance all those expensive changes the GN needed to become the "superior" Northern Tier route. If Milwaukee and NP had become corporate partners in some fashion, it would be the Milwaukee that could then finance it's wish list of line improvements instead of the GN, and the GN would have gone the way of other fallen flags long before the BN merger. Having parallel lines was a minor consideration, you just focus on the better route combinations and bide your time until the feds would let you sell or scrap the lesser line(s).
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