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[quote user="corwinda"]I wonder what the western Oregon rail map would look like now if the Hogg Pass segment had been completed, whether or not the portions farther east were completed. Particularly; might SP have acquired and used it in place of the Willamette pass segment of the Natron cutoff?<br>[/quote] If the Hogg Pass route had been built, it would probably have been to a connection with another carrier in Idaho, e.g. C&NW. In that case it's strongly likely that carrier would end up in control. I'm sure it wouldn't have staid independent -- no other regional sized railroad in the NW that built itself for bridge traffic stayed independent. But your specualtion about SP is very apt -- the route would definitely have been a plumb prize to the Harriman forces. It would no doubt have soon sprouted or intergrated with a northbound line near Albany to reach Portland. Interestingly, the Natron line over Pengra Pass that SP built was original bound for Idaho, not California.
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