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		Electrification Advertising Robert Lynn, "Death by Electrocution? The Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad's Choice of Electrical Motors over Steam Engines in Montana, 1914-1974," Master's Thesis, University of Montana, 2004. Electrification Termination File Coast Division Transmission Line Sale Electrification Salvage Reports, 1974-1977 Northwest Rail Group Outside Study, 1975 U.S. House Resolution 1178, to delay termination "Milwaukee Shouldn't Dump Electrics," Missoulian, April 18, 1974 Representative Shoup Correspondence Don Sims, "The Terminal at Avery," Model Railroader, 1973. Montana Transmission Line Deed, Milwaukee Road to Montana Power Company, July 15, 1974 Mp3 Recording of Load Dispatcher at Drexel Mp4 Recording of Motor Generator start-up at Drexel, Load Dispatcher Rusty Landers at Deer Lodge, Gene Lyle at Drexel, and Bob Williams at East Portal, MG Startup near the end of the recording. Final Termination Date Set, Announcement, May 23, 1974 Sale of Montana Transmission Line, 040174, MPC Letter Bad Day at East Portal, March, 1974 (slide show) Senator Warren Magnuson, Letter to G. Rogers, January 18, 1974, "Unlikely that Milwaukee Road could qualify for any allocation of fuel oil to replace electrical operation ..." Letter, William J. Quinn to Senator Warren Magnuson re: termination, November 11, 1973 Lynn Schwanke, "Farewell, Little Joes," Missoulian, October 21, 1973 W.L. Smith Announcement, October 16, 1973 "A Proud Era Passes" -- Supplement to Milwaukee Road Magazine Termination Announcement Electrification Fact Sheet Termination Announcement, February 20, 1973 Tom Power Analysis of System, January, 1973 Del Burke to Drinka Letter December 16, 1972, re 6000 ton trains Summary Cost Comparison, Electrification vs. Dieselization, December 6, 1972 Summary of DOT Electrification Study, December 6, 1972 Summary Cost Comparison, Cash Flows, Electrification vs. Dieselization, December 6, 1972 (includes BN Coordination costs) Wall Street Journal, "Energy and America, November 30, 1972 (clipping from Curtis Crippen to Kellow) Chicago Tribune, "Energy Crisis: It'll Get Worse," November 19, 1972 (clipping from Curtis Crippen to Kellow) Don Wylie to Kellow Letter, August 1, 1972, change fuel cost increase assumption Don Wylie to Kellow Letter, June 6, 1972, Locomotive Reassessment Engine Pool Analysis, 1972 Summary Cost Comparison, Electrification vs. Dieselization, May 5, 1972 Upton Response to 1972 GE Study (2) Upton Response to 1972 GE Study (1) GE 1972 Econometric Study (Analysis) GE Econometric Study (Excel) Locomotive Costs per 1000 hp/mile, 1972 Study September, 1972 EMD/ASEA Correspondence Locomotive Correspondence, September, 1972 Carolyn Rinehart, "The Tunnel Keepers of East Portal", Missoulian, February 4, 1972, p. 11. Decision Tree Probability Analysis, January, 1972 Legal Department Effort to Obtain Funding, 1971 Montana Power Co., Puget Sound Power & Light, Washington Water Power Co., Joint Milwaukee Electrification Study Update, 1971 Don Wylie's Recommendations re: GE Study General Electric Co., Milwaukee Road Electrification Study and Recommendations, March, 1970 GE 5400 hp Electric Locomotive Specification, November, 1969 Montana Power Co., Puget Sound Power & Light, Washington Water Power Co., Joint Milwaukee Electrification Study, 1969 Company Review of L.W. Wylie Study, 1968 --Kellow Comparison Exhibit - Diesel, Electric, Mixed -- Exhibit III T.B. Kirk Summary of Electrification Studies, 1969 "A Study of Various Methods of Operation on Electrified Sections, Rocky Mtn & Coast Divisions," H.R. Morgan, May 31, 1963 H.R. Morgan 1963 Study Notes Gordon W. Rogers, "Where Electrification First Made Good," Trains, July, 1963. BA&P. Slideshow, BA&P yard, 1971 H.R. Morgan, "Report of Diesel Booster Test with EF-5," October 31, 1960. L.W. Wylie, "Improvements in the Design, Maintenance and Operation of the Milwaukee Road Electrification", AIEE Conference Paper, 1956 Electric-Drive Rotary Snowplow, X-900212, Description and Operating Instructions, January 26, 1955. Don Sims, "Copper Hauler," Railroad Magazine, March, 1954. "New Life for the Juice Jacks," Trains & Travel, March, 1952 Summary of Electrification Accidents, 1915-1950 Class EP-1 Locomotive -- re-geared Passenger Boxcab Electrics Notes on Substation Operation, 1950 Michael Bezilla, "Steam Railroad Electrification in America, 1920-1950, The Unrealized Potential," The Public Historian, 4:1, Winter, 1982.