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One other interesting tidbit, although the mere mention of it in the past has caused much vitriolicism - When the Northern Lines merged into BN back in 1970, there were a few places where the muliple lines were consolidated along with new trackage to reduce excess capacity (namely Spokane to Sandpoint). However, one simple project seemed to have been overlooked, and that would have been to build a new 30 mile 1% cut-off line from Silver City MT (on the ex GN Butte line between Great Falls and Helena) to the east portal of Mullan Tunnel. This simple project would have concievably allowed the new BN to either embargo or abandon both the entire GN Marias Pass line from Havre to Sandpoint ID, and the NP Bozeman Pass line from Helena to Billings, consolidating all westbound traffic at Great Falls and all eastbound traffic at Spokane through a single corridor. <br /> <br />I have heard that BN once considered sending all Mullan Pass bound traffic from Billings via the Great Falls line, allowing the Bozeman Pass line to be embargoed, so there was some of the same thought processes going on, but I don't know if the new BN ever considered sending all High Line traffic via Great Falls and Mullan, either through Helena or via the aforementioned by-pass.
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