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RE: (erielack) What shoulda been



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> Paul B Wrote...

> After the EL merger, LV became the NKP's friendliest connection at Buffalo. 
> Runthrough service began in 1967, and despite Dereco, by 1969 N&W and LV 
> were exchanging 3 pairs of trains daily at Buffalo, including the Apollo 
> TOFC trains between NY and Chicago. At the same time, I believe service 
> coordination with EL at Huntington was more than just window-dressing. Some 
> of the growth in interchange was traffic diverted from PC due to its 
> post-merger service problems.

Yeah, I've often wondered about that.  It kind of makes you not feel too good about the people running the N&W.  One would think that a road like the N&W, who essentially controlled the EL during the Dereco years, would want to do all they could to help them succeed.  If so, why give most of their traffic through Buffalo over to the LV instead of the EL?  Was this part of a not-so-secret plan to help the EL fail? 

- -pat moore

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