(erielack) Re: Allegany Division Grades

[Kevin DeGroff <kdegroffrr_@_earthlink.net>]

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Here's a grade profile comparison between Chicago and Hornell.  The top 
chart is the Erie main for the entire distance,
and the bottom  is Nickel Plate (Chicago-Buffalo) + Erie Buffalo Branch 
(Buffalo-Hornell) corridors.

Chart is from the N&W offices in Roanoke, no doubt part of the route 
comparison process that preceeded the N&W+NKP
merger.

Clearly, the NKP won the contest from Chicago to Buffalo, after which 
there was some serious need for evelvation east of
there. :)




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