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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding I'm reading a good book called "The Tootin' Louie", a History of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway. I'm up to the part about Ben Heinneman-later to play a big part in the future of C&NW. From what I've read so far, he seems like one tough hombre. Was he good for the C&NW? [/quote] In the early years, he was very good for the Northwestern, but he was also an empire builder and deal maker. He wanted to merge the C&NW, Milw, and RI into one large midwestern railroad, well before the BN merger or the UP went after the RI. There was an aborted merger with the Milw and although he managed to torpedo UP's acquisition of the RI, afterwards IMO he became more interested in Northwest Industries, C&NW's parent and holding company for a number of diversified companies. The railroad went into decline, there were no buyers, and it was spun off to the employees.
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