That's the reference I've misfiled. The proposal was presented in Feb '76 Trains as breaking news, which is why I thought it occurred in late '75. Paul B From: "J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_bluemoon.net> Subject: Re: (erielack) The October calendar image... (2) In the February 1976 TRAINS magazine it was reported that "on or about February 27, 1976" Chessie would aquire 1633 route miles of EL, 421 of RDG and 131 of PC plus 744 miles of trackage rights. It was very late in the game and it is almost surprising that they were able to be included in the FSP barely a month later after the Chessie deal fell apart. The northeastern RR scene would be quite different today had it gone through. I posted the Chessie-created merger map from page 2 of that issue on 3-27-08: http://www.railfan.net/lists/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-03-27-08/EL-Chessie_1975_map.gif For the Chessie Proposal thread in which that map was posted, see here: http://lists.railfan.net/erielack-digest/200803/threads.html#00891 Henry The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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