Was it sabotage? http://www.trainweb.org/milwaukee/a rticle.html

>>1078667
>spend a decade trying to form a merger with another railroad
>merger falls apart at the last minute
>CEO has connections with the management of surrounding merged line

Hmmm...

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>>1078667
It's on record that the MILW's de-electrification, Pacific extension abandonment, and bankruptcy was a corporate conspiracy of the highest order. The evidence for this is irrefutable.

>>1079068
Dayum.

Just shooting in the dark here; did something similar happen to Pan Am (other than deregulation)? That airline's fall from grace was rather swift, and I've heard they really let themselves go during the '80s.

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>>1081485
Whether or not you think global warming is real, surely our overall air quality would be slightly better if one major American railroad had kept its electric sections, or better yet, electrified the whole thing.

As for the source of the electric power, hey, the Northwest is hydroelectric central.