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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by n012944 [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal [[/quote] . And the Chicago-Twin Cities line is also a part of the PCE in that it was part of that trancon route. Yes, the PCE survives intact east of Miles City! [/quote] No the Chicago-Twin cities in not part of the PCE. The PCE or pacific coast EXTENSION was built west of the twin cities, and therfore is not included in it. Bert [/quote] C'mon, Bert. Put on your thinking cap for a minute. Why was/is the PCE such a vital asset? Because it is THE TRANSCON. If the PCE wasn't the transcon, it wouldn't have any value beyond the description *given* by greyhounds. What value would it have had if it only ran from Seattle to the Twin Cities? Milwaukee would have had to pass off it's transcon traffic to either one of the Hill lines or one of the Canadian subsidiaries, thereby making it irrelevent, or to the CNW who already had the UP bridge traffic, thus the spector of playing second fiddle to UP when CNW was called up. It had to run from Seattle to at least Chicago to be "independently" viable. You can split hairs all you want regarding official designations, but for all intents and purposes the PCE ran from Chicago to Seattle.
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