From: lfsheldon@gmail.com   
      
   On 7/9/2014 1:07 AM, Glen Labah wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >   Larry Sheldon  wrote:   
   >   
   >> The point being:  I have no first hand knowledge.   
   >   
   >   
   > It's quite hard to tell from just city names and locations in many   
   > places, because the Milwaukee Road and Northern Pacific shared so many   
   > key locations until the Milwaukee got further west, and took a direct   
   > route to Seattle where the NP went south to Pasco and stayed south until   
   > Tacoma.   
   >   
   > I do remember there being a bit of a fight by one of the logging   
   > companies who wanted to keep part of the Milwaukee active as a logging   
   > railroad through parts of Idaho and Montana, and it didn't work out.   
      
   The original article said the wreck was near Alberton, named after   
   somebody in the Milwaukee Road management, and article mentioned the   
   sale of the Milwaukee Road Train station.  And the roundhouse that had   
   been removed at electrification.   
      
   New:  http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/191403/ which says "near Missoula".   
      
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