THE MOST IMPACTFUL RAILROAD MERGER OF ALL TIME
Publicado 2024-05-16
The Cinematographers : George Barnes, Joe Blackwell, Mark Cooper, Darrel Dewald and Bob Finan.
The full Description...
See the historic 1970 formation of Burlington Northern. See great vintage trains of Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Chicago Burlington & Quincy and the Spokane Portland & Seattle from the 50s into the 70s. We bring the history of the “James Hill Lines” and how he reshaped the northwest. See the steam to early diesel transition of these lines.
Follow the career of Chicago Burlington & Quincy’s, Ralph Budd. His early years as a design engineer made him one of the industry’s greatest innovators. He was the youngest railroad president when earlier he took charge of the GN as he was also a sharp businessman.
Follow the early passenger Ralph Budd-inspired Zephyrs, the California Zephyr plus passenger and freight trains of the CB&Q, GN and NP. Visit Chicago, Iowa, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and more locations with passenger and freight. We offer a special section of the “Inside Gateway” line jointly operated by the BN & WP.
To quote Model Railroad News, “The story is epic... plan to watch it several times...”.
To quote Railfan & Railroad, “This program, as all others Smiley has done, Contains a wealth of content requiring more than one sitting to digest fully. The maps are excellent, the corporate story-telling first rate.
Including coverage of
Inside Gateway
Chicago Area
Iowa
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Todos los comentarios (11)
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I miss the old days! The railroads were so colorful and no graffiti! Now the railroads today are boring.
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Maybe the most colorful period in Western railroading, with all of the different pre-merger paint schemes and inter-railroad cooperation. Great video!!
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I Miss Seeing The Caboose 😊
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I love the artifact that the tape made in the audio of the video
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Great video, very interesting
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My Dad and others were responsible for gaining government ok for the merger. The personnel pool was deep and the HQ in Saint Paul had a succession plan of former Burlington executives
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Well, the Milwaukee Road wasn't too happy about the merger. Although it was holding it's own out west. The management of the Milwaukee deferred it's maintaince of track and equipment to show good profit to stockholders. They wanted to merge with the Union Pacific but they declined due to the shoddy shape of Milwaukee's track. That may be an ok description. I'm sure there is more.
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Have A video about Clinchfield?
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Free the Santa Fe from the hegemony of the orange beast!
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I wonder how UP snatched the Western Pacific out from under the BN? If there was a missing component to the BN merger, the WP would be it.
