Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR There was a time when BN handled more Chicago-Omaha traffic than CNW did, because its route was in better shape. 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). 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.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
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