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Old Posted Oct 28, 2021, 3:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Busy Bee View Post
Interesting you mention rural Montana which is pretty hilarious considering the Milwaukee Road ran an over the mountains electrified territory along the route from Chicago to Seattle until the early 1970s. In their infinite wisdom they tore it all out and replaced it with diesels. And then they went bankrupt. Idiots.
The saddest story in American railway history besides maybe the failure of the Turboliner. Hope someone brings it back one day! Electrify America all over again!
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