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But the question then becomes how effective Kennedy is without a perceived mandate from the voters. And whether Nixon is emboldened to try again in '64.

Proximity could be a factor in addressing the decline of the Rust Belt. It's a little harder to ignore something when you see it up close and personal. Not guaranteed, of course, but the possibility is there.

In all the discussions railroad geeks like me have had about a stronger surviving US railroad passenger system/few-to-no airlines and Interstate highways, I don't know that I've seen this question ever come up: Suppose that just like the 1940s, most people, even celebrities and relatively...

In most of the big cities there's Automats of one chain or another. Not the best food but quite a variety; multiple kinds of prepared salads, sandwiches, small plates, usually soup from those big containers, and desserts. It's hard to imagine a burger chain catching on like that.

I think you misunderstood me; I agree with you that UP should assume ownership of the Donner Pass line, I just think the SP should retain trackage rights (whether or not they use them is their business). I can also see the SP wanting the secondary access into Chicago; my scheme gives the NKP to...

These are interesting ideas. I particularly like the idea of Santa Fe getting the Rock Island's Memphis-Amarillo line to give them access to the Memphis gateway. I would still give the SP trackage rights to the Bay Area over the old Central Pacific in your scheme. I think giving the WM to...

Sooo...any other thoughts? Critiques? Effusive praise? Violent reprisals?

You do your best to be comprehensive, and still you forget things. The Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St. Louis); I'll put them with Erie Lackawanna (that's how EL gets into St. Louis).

The BA&P was a shortline that used to exist in Montana and carried copper from mines at Butte to smelters at Anaconda. It mostly shut down when the smelters closed; the remainder is called the Rarus Railway. The Skeena & Yukon, if built, would probably have ended up with either CN or CP...

So, to clarify a little what I think this consolidation would have accomplished, had it taken place in the 1930s: 1. If you look closely, there are seven Eastern trunk lines from the Atlantic to the Mississippi (PRR, NYC, B&O, C&O, EL, ACL/L&N, and Southern) balanced by seven Western trunk...

I knew I'd forget something: BN gets the other 50 percent of SP&S.

Here's mine: 1. New England Railway: -Boston & Maine -New York, New Haven & Hartford -Maine Central -Bangor & Aroostook -Delaware & Hudson -All 2-foot-gauge lines in Maine combined as a single wholly-owned subsidiary 2, New York Central -Existing NYC -New York, Ontario & Western -Rutland...

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I feel the same way. It's not a matter of not "giving it a chance": music simply doesn't resonate with you in the same way once you move on to other things in your life (for most people, at least). Everyone tends to favor the music they came to love from about age 12 to age 30 or so. Maybe you...

May 1983: Pennsylvania has a new Democratic governor, Robert Casey, and New Jersey, has a new Republican governor, Thomas Kean; but despite party affiliations, both governors pride themselves on working across the aisle. And across state lines, too: Casey and Kean sign an agreement by which...

If you merge any eastern road with a western one, be prepared for all the rest of them to immediately look for dance partners in order to keep up.

Interesting ideas. Husker Du and really Lou Reed/VU might be a little far out of the mainstream for the kind of wide net Bob Geldof was hoping to cast. REM and the Cure would be more likely, especially if they'd had hit records by then (I remember a friend seeing REM open for the Police in...

It's the 35th anniversary of Live Aid. An unforgettable moment for those of us who were in our salad days around 1985, regardless of what you think of the whole charity thing. As great as it was, though, like anything else it wasn't perfect. So here's some tweaks. I admit without apology that...

November 2, 1982: In a very close race, Robert Casey is elected governor of Pennsylvania, defeating incumbent Republican Governor Richard Thornburgh. The race was in a statistical dead heat for practically all of the fall, leading to some tough campaigning on both sides. Thornburgh repeatedly...

May 19, 1982: Robert Casey defeats Allen Ertel in the Pennsylvania primary, making him the Democratic candidate for governor of Pennsylvania in the fall.