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RE: (erielack) "ON TOPIC"

I would love to read the "what ifs" where can I find them? <Since I am a new member>
 
Brad B
ELHS 3900> From: Njricky2_@_aol.com> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 23:24:25 -0400> Subject: Re: (erielack) "ON TOPIC"> To: erielack@lists.railfan.net> > Mike,> > Thanks for posting that. I can say that I learned a lot from all that has > been posted in the "what if" listings and think that while it's "dreaming", the > content adds a lot of history, some of which I was not aware. I've learned a > lot. > > We've learned about the ICC and the various railroads' corporate histories > and their strategies when "merger mania" came along all those years ago, EL > obviously included. I know a lot but did not know as much as what I found here, > particularly the corporate mentality at that time.> > There have been many "what if" discussions over the years, but this has > offered more than those in the past. I honestly never thought about a combination > of MP-EL to form a competitive system. That never crossed my mind..> > The more we talk about "what if", the more we learn about history and how > their minds thought. We look at things in hindsight but they lived it. > > While I understand that the "what if" topics are not necessarily directly > EL-oriented, I have to say that the information provided by everyone sparked my > interest into doing more research on corporate history and the various > possibilites that could have been but never came to life. The exchange took me much > farther along than just the possibility of Erie-Santa Fe or NKP-DL&W or any > other combinations that have been discussed in the past.> > What I would like to learn more about in the "what if" scenario is how EL > management felt about what faced them. We know they saw the writing on the wall > but from what's been presented, they didn't appear to have been very > aggressive.> > Were they or not? If they were, how so? Did EL management only consider > inclusion or did they wait too long to explore other possibilities? Did EL > management ever go on the offensive?> > Contact me off-list as I'm interested in further exploring "what if". Please > p!
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