Mergers-Just for fun!!

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BRAKIE

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From: OH
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Posted by BRAKIE on Sunday, June 9, 2002 3:19 PM

Ok,Just for fun,How about the Santa Fe and the C&O/B&O(before Chessie)? Chesapeake & Santa Fe.Coast to coast!
How about Great Northern Erie-Lackawanna? You can think of a name.This is fun fun right?

Larry

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Summerset Ry.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 9, 2002 11:27 AM

The Santa Fe and Conrail would have been a piggyback powerhouse. The two best intermodal railroads that ever loaded a flatcar. The route of the Super-C extended to New York. Something that BNSF, NS, CSX are trying to do today.

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Anonymous

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Mergers-Just for fun!!

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 8, 2002 10:50 PM

Just a light hearted game, Name the mergers YOU wi***here had been, and why....

For sure, someone will come along, and explain why "your" merger ~never woulda worked~ or ~would have been illegal~ etc, and THAT will be half the fun, defending the logic you chose.

Sort of a "Railroad Tycoon" on someone else's dime, such as the case may be..

Post WWII roads only!!!

I'll start..
New York, Chicago, Santa Fe, & Los Angeles...The Nickel Plated Santa Fe. (though a more likely name would have been Santa Fe & Great Lakes)

Talk about a transcon!!! With all the current emphasis upon fast "coast to coast" service, this would be a natural..

The premise, suppose the Santa Fe had picked up the Nickel Plate instead of N&W.