Re: (erielack) Fictional EL What if

[A Samostie <quahog_@_sprint.ca>]

Michael,

It's your route, and your "fun" (lest we forget!), but...

Might I suggest you try using a combination of ex-Nickel Plate and
ex-Wabash trackage to KC and St. Louis rather than UP/ATSF?  Of course,
both NKP and Wabash had been absorbed by Norfolk & Western by 1964, but
they could equally have gone to EL if the company had been in stronger
financial shape at that time.  Also, this combination would have been
more appropriate for EL if one assumes that Lackawanna had completed a
merger with its onetime partners before merging with the Erie. 

Once again, it saddens me to note that much of the original Wabash and
Nickel Plate mainline trackage remains in service under Norfolk
Southern, even though they were "secondary" routes compared to NYC, PRR,
and B&O... wish we could say the same for the Erie West End and the
entire DL&W.  Almost makes one wish that N&W had fully absorbed EL
rather than just holding it through Dereco.

Cheers,
Alan <quahog_@_sprint.ca>

Michael Riley wrote:
> 
> Steve,
> 
>      The fictional route will be created for Microsoft's Train Simulator.
> To create a route you have to use the route editors that are included with
> the program.  There is a lot more to it and I can talk to you off list if
> you are interested about that aspect.  I am only really going to create a
> route from Chicago on its way to KC.  I am just trying to visualize,
> rationalize how such a route would fit into the EL and what it would look
> like today if it happened.
> 
> Mike Riley
> ELHS #3207

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