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I suppose you could call it a merger of equals.The Burlington Northern merger combined the Great Northern,Northern Pacific,Chicago Burlington & Quincy and Spokane Portland & Seattle railways into one company.The SP&S was originally leased by BN,then officially merged into the system in the early 1980's,even tho it's equipment was repainted as tho it was wholly owned. <br /> <br />The original idea of the combined systems was tried between the GN and NP after Hill and his associates gained control of the NP after the Panic of 1893.Then was tried again in 1901 after GN and NP gained equal control of the CB&Q.The BN merger of March 2,1970 was begun in 1955 and was to be known as the Great Northern Pacific as the GN and NP were the main partners of the system,then the CB&Q wanted in on being recognised as an equal in the merger and the name stretched to the Great Northern Pacific & Burlington Lines.Then in 1968 the advertising firm of Lippincott & Margulies(the same firm that revamped Rocky and gave us the beautiful GN Big Sky Blue scheme) came up with the Burlington Northern name inspired by the Chicago Burlington & Northern that CB&Q used to gain access to the Twin Cities. <br /> <br />More later. <br /> <br />Bill B <br />Iowa
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