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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by LaGrangeIll Hi all I am a 14 year old railfan from Chicago. I have been watching Trains at the Various Metra Train Staions near my house. All of them saw limited Frieght action and now I am very tired of Metra (and a little Amtrak) but just at the start of this month I started to Videotape my trips to Places such as Deval Crossing and La Grange Crossing. Now I am satisfied because these lines and crossings have tons of frieght action![:D] Anyway I am angry at UP and the BN cause the ate up some off my fav. railroads (CN&w and CB&Q) and now will hold a grude against the Canadian National Railway cause they swallowed up tha Wisconson Central![:(!] Just though youd like to know! [/quote] LaGrangelll Hi [:)] I think many of us can relate to what you have said about one railroad merging another. It is sad that we have so few choices when it comes to the large class 1 s. We do have short lines and regionals but many of them run on a limited schedule and can be hard to railfan. My mother worked for a railroad that was merged into BN. It is a crime (literally) what happens to the people, places and property of the fallen flag. I will not go into detail here, if someone is really interested they can email me. What many thought was a good idea before the merger becomes a diaster after the merger. I am not speaking as a railfan here. I am speaking as a family member of a fallen flag with some knowledge of what really happens. It is past sad. And in some cases the merger agreement is almost thrown out the door minutes after the take over. Some might say "that's life" and to that I say, "NO, it's a crime". [:(!] [xx(] [V]
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