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American History

mahatmakanejeeves

(62,207 posts) Tue Jan 21, 2025, 07:28 AM 12 hrs ago

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On this day, January 21, 1963, the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ended operation. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 12 hrs ago OP

Big money wanted the rail hobbled IbogaProject 9 hrs ago #1

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1. Big money wanted the rail hobbled

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:55 AM

9 hrs ago

After all it was heavily unionized and too much socialization especially across locale and to a lesser extant among classes.