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| (...) Is CPCoal Canadian? I saw a show that was talking about trains running through the Canadian rockies. They were using two engines up front, 50 cars, a third engine, and 50 more cars. Lots of cool scenes...like the trains running through the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) the (...) engine, (...) Tha (...) Yes, that would be Canadian Pacific Railroad, the coal trains. Now they have the 6000HP AC engines doing that work...2.2% ruling grade, and it is hard on the equipment. From what you are saying, that is about (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Speaking of CP, I just heard today that BNSF (The merged Burlington Northern and Santa Fe) and Canadian Pacific are merging to form the largest network of track in the world (50,000 miles) and is to be based in Montreal. What next, Coke and (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Not quite...it is CN and BNSF. :( although, I can see why. The Canadian railways have always had some US feeder lines (CN owned CV and GTW (CN used to be GT :) ). It makes sense, since the 2 railways in Canada compete with each other, and then the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I hear they'll be moving their headquarters to Florida. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| The big question remaining after this shocking news is, will BNSF+CN merge with CSX or NS, as those are the two remaining eastern roads. Whoever they go with, UP is sure to go with the other... at least that's the conventional wisdom in the rail (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) snip (...) Ah, I was being vague again. The trains to which I was refering were regular freight trains not coal trains. snip (...) Why 'space'? Is it because your trains become 'rockets' if you send more than 10 cars and 3 engines down at once (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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