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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding I seem to recall that the UP and CNW had been working together for a long time-as far back as when UP was built? I do know that CNW was a major partner in hauling UP trains from Fremont and Omaha on to Chicago. It would seem to me that CNW was not really in a position to ask any other railroad for help. UP, I'm sure would have agreed.[;)] [/quote] UP rerouted much of it's traffic off the CNW when defered maintainance caught up with the CNW line across Iowa, but I don't think UP was ever really happy with the Milw connection into Chicago. After the BN merger and the RI fiasco, I suspect it was in UP's best interest to make the CNW a viable partner, without having to go through the merger process. BN didn't want CNW in the PRB, but they feared UP even more. I recall reading about a UP offer to build and operate into the PRB with the CNW getting royalty payments. I think UP's management was later quoted as saying it was a bluff to help a friend.
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