QUOTE: Originally posted by arbfbe Besides there are not enough people out west to really matter, anyway.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by trainboyH16-44 Funny story, I was with some friends discussind schoolwork, and one of them was trying to find cities of northern Montana. We figured out eventually that there aren't any, as the best I could come up with was a small town called Dutton. Anyone here from Dutton? Trainboy P.S. Didn't think so
QUOTE: Originally posted by Old Timer Save it for what? If it wasn't economically sustainable, who would pay for it? You? Me?Someone would have to.
QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol QUOTE: Originally posted by Old Timer Save it for what? If it wasn't economically sustainable, who would pay for it? You? Me?Someone would have to. Please provide any numbers you might have that supports this opinion, that is, to show that it was not economically sustainable. I keep seeing this argument, and I keep looking for the proof, or at least something resembling evidence, because it is an interesting argument and deserves a full hearing based on actual evidence. I would appreciate seeing your actual numbers and analysis on this. Best regards, Michael Sol
QUOTE: Originally posted by bobwilcox QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol QUOTE: Originally posted by Old Timer Save it for what? If it wasn't economically sustainable, who would pay for it? You? Me?Someone would have to. Please provide any numbers you might have that supports this opinion, that is, to show that it was not economically sustainable. I keep seeing this argument, and I keep looking for the proof, or at least something resembling evidence, because it is an interesting argument and deserves a full hearing based on actual evidence. I would appreciate seeing your actual numbers and analysis on this. Best regards, Michael Sol If I want to load a car of lumber in Harlowton, MT in 2005 I can not do it. How that came to be can be an interesting discussion but that does not change the fact that where there was a railroad there is no longer a railroad.
QUOTE: Oldtimer The Government saved Conrail because it needed saving; it was vital to the part of the country it served. The west end of the Milwaukee wasn't. And Conrail wound up paying for itself. The Milwaukee would never have done that.
QUOTE: Originally posted by jimrice4449 First let me point out that I worked for the Milwuake out of St. Maries Id. east to Alberton and west to Othello. That said, when the Milwaukee PCE was built it was built relatively rapidly because the track gangs worked from many point simultaneously. This was made possible because they were able to ship materials in on the parallel NP. Shouldn't somebody have considered the implications of this?
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