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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by CShaveRR</i> <br /><br />There was a time when BN handled more Chicago-Omaha traffic than CNW did, because its route was in better shape. <br /> <br />Having said that, I suspect that the shortest distance between the two cities was along the Rock Island's route (someone can verify or refute that; I'd appreciate his efforts). <br /> <br />However, getting between those cities wasn't the whole story in capturing UP interchange traffic to the east. The shortest route between Chicago and North Platte would be CNW's, since the traffic could go from Missouri Valley to Fremont via Blair, instead of heading south into Council Bluffs on CNW and back north(west) out of Omaha on UP. UP didn't get as big a cut of the revenue when this routing was used, but overall time was saved. <br />[/quote]No,the problem with line is,it realy sucks. You get one very Heavy Train to clime the Hill at Blair,and all Hell breaks loose. Everything from a broken nuckle to less HP which leads to a stalled Train. The Blair line sucks. You talk about a Train scews nightmare! And I am very sure that any Train crew on this forum who reads this will agree. Allan.
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