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jmowreader

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1. Don't remind me about the Milwaukee Road

Reply to Hiawatha Pete (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2026, 12:41 AM

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In the late 1970s that road wanted to stop doing business in Idaho because they were going broke, but the Federal Railroad Administration said no. So, they ceased doing maintenance and derailed themselves out of an operating permit. They were up to three derailments a week before the feds shut them down.

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Don't remind me about the Milwaukee Road jmowreader Monday #1

Further to your comment, I read that by 1973 the line was in terrible shape - due to neglect by a management Hiawatha Pete Monday #2