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The demise of the "Rock" was caused by three factors; it went everywhere in the Midwest its competitors did, but took a longer route, the ICC took an unseemly amount of time to decide the UP/CRIP merger request, and { due to the unseemly time in deciding the merger ) the Rocks' physical structure had deteriorated to the point where the UP backed out of the deal.
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