Re: (erielack) Special Day? What if?

["Fred Stratton" <erief7_@_msn.com>]

Mike,
Good point there. If that went through and the Erie stayed by itself and stayed in JC (talking in the early 50's) the Lackawanna would probably survived longer that the Erie, still be around and not in Conrail...hmmmmm...








Fred Stratton

MP. 7.2 NS Asheville line

Salisbury, NC


From: mdelvec952_@_aol.com
Reply-To: mdelvec952_@_aol.com
To: Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com, toddsyr@twcny.rr.com
CC: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org, erielack-owner@lists.elhts.org
Subject: Re: (erielack) Special Day? What if?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:14:18 -0400
>I think the DL&W / NKP marriage would have had a chance. Both roads were well-run, well marketed, ran on good track believing in track speed. It would have been a viable competitor New York-to-Chicago for freight in an era when intermodal were just getting started. With the 20/20 hindsight of history, I think Shoemaker was right in aiming toward an NKP merger; factors outside of DL&W thought otherwise. Wabash might have been another option (DL&W's next biggest interchange partner at Buffalo).
>
>The other merger I thought may have had a chance would have 
occurred had the EL opted to merge with the D&H at D&H's post-Conrail territories, rather than opt to join Conrail. Connecting Montreal, New York and Washington, D.C. with Chicago would have been a competitor to watch. The D&H survived, so likely the D&H / EL may have.
>
>Mike Del Vecchio
>
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