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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by bobwilcox [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by up829 UP rerouted much of it's traffic ..[/quote] The UP or any other railroad does not have traffic to reroute. The person paying the freight routes the traffic. There are no exceptions except for a emergency situation such as a derailment or a flood. [/quote] Perhaps reroute is the wrong word and I should have said shifted? In any case, during the late 60s UP was short-hauling itself over the CB&Q via Grand Island to avoid the CNW Omaha line into Chicago. Once Heineman was gone, CNW did major repairs to the line, opened the Fremont cutoff and as you mentioned in another post, relations and traffic improved greatly. Some other things CNW did that made it desireable to UP was the opening of Global 1 at Wood street , development of Intermodal business, the Falcons. etc. The line was aleady double-track and capable of high speed without needing major re-alignments like the RI and Milw routes would have required. Regarding the buyout, I seem to recall that UP owned a big chunk of non-voting stock as part of the coal line deal. They were also a major player in the Blackstone Group which served as a white knight against the Japonica bid. I believe they owned something like 30% of the stock at the time of the buyout and probably controlled more through other partners in Blackstone. IMHO both roads ultimately benefited. The partnership with UP in the coal line saved CNW from becoming just another granger, while the Omaha line continues to be the vital eastern part of the Overland Route, just as it has been since the beginning.
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