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- From: dboone@IASTATE.EDU (David L. Boone)
- Subject: Re: CGW (was the Tunnel thread)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.182427@IASTATE.EDU>
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- Reply-To: dboone@IASTATE.EDU (David L. Boone)
- Organization: Iowa State University
- References: <1992Dec5.083157.23841@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <122200190@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> <1992Dec22.173753@IASTATE.EDU> <BzqDMs.HKK@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:24:27 GMT
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- In article <BzqDMs.HKK@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, roma@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jon Roma)
- writes:
-
- > The CGW was merged into the C&NW on July 1, 1968. You may be thinking of
- > the Minneapolis & St. Louis, which became part of the C&NW in 1960.
- > --
- > Jon Roma
- > Computing and Communications Services Office,
- > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- > Internet: roma@uiuc.edu UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!roma
-
- Thank you for making the correction; and, yes, I was thinking of the M&StL.
- This occurred to me later that day -- after I'd left work, naturally. Guess
- my mind was numbed by my frantic last-minute Christmas shopping. :)
-
- It was also pointed out to me that absorption of the M&StL and the CGW into
- the C&NW would be more appropriately characterized as purchases than mergers.
- The work forces were merged, but the properties were purchased. Sound right?
- --
- David L. Boone
- Engineer, Iowa State University Computation Center
- Internet: dboone@iastate.edu Bitnet: gn.dlb@isumvs
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