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From: roma@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: More on turning trains and electifi
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 00:16:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 30 00:16:00 1986
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Nf-From: uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU!roma    Jan 29 23:16:00 1986


>    2.  Northern Pacific, now Burlington Northern abandoned
>        electrification on its Great Falls-Tacoma division
>        in 1974.  Farewell, Little Joes!
>             
>                        Jim Mc Mullen

The Northern Pacific NEVER was electrified and thus obviously never
had 'Little Joes'.  Milwaukee Road is the line you're thinking of and
did indeed de-electrify its lines in 1974.

By the way, the Great Northern line through Cascade Tunnel was
electrified until 1953.

Jon Roma
Computing Services Office, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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