Talk:Chicago and North Western Railway
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[edit] Left-hand running
Was there a reason that the CNW ran on the left?
[edit] Joint passenger operations with UP
I just reverted an anon's edit that changed the end of the joint passenger train operations back twenty years, and that claimed Milwaukee Road was created in 1955. The Milwaukee Road did run some joint passenger trains with UP, but the railroad was not created in 1955. It may be that some of the service was shifted to Milwaukee Road (I'll have to check my references again), but it was my understanding that CNW held onto the majority of passenger services that it started with until Amtrak's creation. Slambo (Speak) 17:51, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
True, the MILW didn't take over all of the CNW trains but it did take over the "City" runs in 1955. Schnauf 15:58, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Powder River Basin
I'm thinking about adding this section- what do you guys think?
Powder River Basin The CNW originally planned to use its "Cowboy Line" as the connection to the Powder River Basin, however the poor condition of its trackage forced the railroad to look elsewhere for a way to move coal. A connection to Union Pacific was built at South Morrill, NE, and the new partner loaned funds to help CNW upgrade their Powder River Lines (as well as to purchase parts of BN's for joint control) In 1984, the first CNW coal train from the Powder River Basin departed with SD40-2 6935 in the lead and two UP units assisting. The volume of coal traffic soon exploded, and the 450 millionth ton mark was reached in 1994. Schnauf
- Sounds good. I'll see if I can dig up the issue of North Western Lines again that covered the construction of the PRB connections. Slambo (Speak) 16:59, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- That looks correct. I have a book here, "Main Lines: Rebirth of the North American Railroads, 1970-2002" that covers that (Except for the serial number of the lead locomotive.) Here's the citation:
- Saunders, Richard Jr. (2003). Main Lines: Rebirth of the North American Railroads, 1970-2002. DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Elkman (talk • contribs).
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