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John West

December 08, 2006 12:30PM

Expanding a bit on Todd's question, and maybe getting this thread back to ng. railroads, one of the aspects of the OR&L that fascinates me is how quickly it folded after the war. My knowledge of the OR&L is fairly superficial, but December 7, 1941 seems to have ushered in a boom period for the OR&L, yet when the war was over the railroad folded almost overnight. In one sense perhaps the reasons are the obvious ones, yet how how quickly the cycle went from boom to bust still surprising.
JBW

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Remembering 12/7/41	Richard "Bo" Boulware	December 07, 2006 05:21PM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Douglas vV	December 07, 2006 05:40PM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Jerry Day	December 08, 2006 09:01AM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Douglas vV	December 08, 2006 10:08AM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Jerry Day	December 08, 2006 10:49AM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Jerry Day	December 07, 2006 08:47PM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Richard "Bo" Boulware	December 08, 2006 08:00AM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Jerry Day	December 08, 2006 08:10AM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41 LINK	Greg Scholl	December 08, 2006 08:54AM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Douglas vV	December 08, 2006 10:19AM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Gavin Hamilton	December 08, 2006 04:13PM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	South Park	December 09, 2006 06:09PM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Richard "Bo" Boulware	December 08, 2006 08:57AM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Todd Hunter	December 08, 2006 11:15AM
OR&L boom to bust	John West	December 08, 2006 12:30PM
Re: OR&L boom to bust	Ed Stabler	December 08, 2006 01:12PM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Jerry Day	December 08, 2006 01:02PM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Todd Hunter	December 08, 2006 01:45PM
Re: Remembering 12/7/41	Ed Stabler	December 08, 2006 02:42PM

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