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With respect to lefthand operation on the CNW I believe the story goes like this. Early on when they were single track the railroad built the depots to one side of the tracks. On the Milwaukee, and Wisconsin Divisions it was on the "compass" east side. On the Galena it was "compass" north side. When commuter service had to be increased to the point that double track was required, the only place to put that second track was of course on the side where the depot buildings weren't. The railroad decided to run the trains with the inbound trains on the "Left hand" side so commuters awaiting the arrival of their train would have the benifit of a depot building, thus the left handed operation throughout the system. However, up in Wisconsin where trains operated over subsidiary Chicago, Minneapolis, St Paul and Omaha, trains were operated "Right-handed." <br />It used to be an old story that the railroad was owned by the English causing the unusual operation. <br /> <br />Mitch
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