QUOTE: Originally posted by wrwatkins Phil Anschutz did not milk the SP and drive it into the ground. It was a sick line long before Anschutz came on the scene. The problem was single track, loss of market and a myrid of other problems that have been well documented in other categories in this forum.
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill Kevarc: I'm not aware of any SP tax exemptions such as you describe for B&O. However, SSW had a low-interest FRA loan for its purchase and rehabilitation of the Cotton Rock, thus SSW actually ended up as the surviving corporation, not Rio Grande and not SP.
QUOTE: Originally posted by kevarc Actually, it was the DRGW that gobbled up the SP. It was Ansultz (sp) and his money that bought the SP.
QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 If memory serves, the Denver, Rio Grande, & Western was "gobbled up" by the Southern Pacific, which in turn dissappeared into the Union Pacific. Looks like the age old question: Who gained what?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman Howcome Railpictures.net doens't have any Rio grande Categories for pictures?
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