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A few more from the "practice slide" pile...Scans of photographs taken by Bob jetmore.
First image is of N&W RS11 #314 at Muncie, In 7/2/74
Second image is of N&W C420 #414 also at Muncie 2/11/74

The condition of everything in these photos, from the track to the locomotives, is interesting. It shows just how dangerously close we came as a nation to losing all of the railroads before the Staggers and 4R acts. Who says government can't help when it has to?!

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DrLoco Wrote:
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> A few more from the "practice slide" pile...Scans
> of photographs taken by Bob jetmore.
> First image is of N&W RS11 #314 at Muncie, In
> 7/2/74
> Second image is of N&W C420 #414 also at Muncie
> 2/11/74
>
> The condition of everything in these photos, from
> the track to the locomotives, is interesting. It
> shows just how dangerously close we came as a
> nation to losing all of the railroads before the
> Staggers and 4R acts. Who says government can't
> help when it has to?!


Of course, the railroads wouldn't have been in the condition they were in if the government had regulated them into near extinction.

So I guess you're right -- the government "helped" by loosening their hands from around the railroad's necks. . . . . .

Narniaman Wrote:

> Of course, the railroads wouldn't have been in the
> condition they were in if the government had
> regulated them into near extinction.
>
> So I guess you're right -- the government "helped"
> by loosening their hands from around the
> railroad's necks. . . . . .

Let us not forget *why* the railroads were regulated in the first place--Railroad Tycoon wasn't just a game--it was a very real problem of railroads charging outrageous shipping charges that brought about their own regulation by creation of the ICC.