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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by K. P. Harrier It seems one cannot stop and wave at a UP train anymore without fear of going to jail. It seems one cannot decal a model locomotive with UP on it without some type of royalty payment. If the government decreed a breakup of the UP into two or three roads, it seems few tears would ever be shed. [/quote] There is a lot of romanticizing over the fallen flags of yore,... the smaller companies had more character, so people could identify with them better, and there is the "back yard" syndrome....but honestly there isn't a single one of those older, smaller companies that wouldn't have built every single mile of profitable track in the country, if they had access to the capital to do so,...the "conglomeration" in a way is natural and to be expected, do you think it woud be much different if the name were "Rock Island" or SSW instead of UP? I doubt it, personally
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