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Did cm&wrr go to medicine bow wyoming
Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway
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I'd say no based on the history posted for the railway:
According to this history, it went nowhere near Wyoming and therefore couldn't have gone to Medicine Bow.
"History
The Chicago and Alton Railroad had built and operated lines between Chicago, Illinois, Springfield, IllinoisSpringfield, IllinoisSpringfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 116,482 . Over 200,000 residents live in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and adjacent Menard County...
, St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. With an estimated population of 354,361 in 2008, it is the principal municipality of Greater St. Louis, population 2,866,517, the largest urban area in Missouri and sixteenth largest in the United States...
and Kansas CityKansas City, MissouriKansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. It is one of two county seats of Jackson County, the other being Independence, just to the city's east...
until that railroad was merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio RailroadGulf, Mobile and Ohio RailroadThe Gulf, Mobile and Ohio was a railroad carrier in the central United States, with its primary routes from Chicago to Mobile, Alabama and Kansas City, Missouri.- History :...
in 1947. The GM&O itself was merged into the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in 1972. When the ICG began spinning off its redundant lines, the Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway purchased the lines from the ICG on April 28, 1987.
The line struggled financially, leading to deferred maintenance on the track, and the company was bankrupt within the year.
The Southern Pacific RailroadSouthern Pacific RailroadThe Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company , and usually simply called the Southern Pacific, was an American railroad. The railroad was founded as a land holding company in 1865, later acquiring the Central Pacific Railroad by lease...
purchased the Saint Louis to Joliet, IllinoisJoliet, IllinoisJoliet is a city in Will County and Kendall County in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 106,221. Its estimated population in 2008 was 146,125. It continues to be Illinois'...
line from the CM&W to extend itself into Chicagoland in 1989. Another new railroad, the Gateway Western RailwayGateway Western RailwayThe Gateway Western Railway was a Class II railroad that operated 408 miles of former Chicago and Alton Railroad track between Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri...
, purchased the Springfield to Kansas City line in 1990."
According to this history, it went nowhere near Wyoming and therefore couldn't have gone to Medicine Bow.
"History
The Chicago and Alton Railroad had built and operated lines between Chicago, Illinois, Springfield, IllinoisSpringfield, IllinoisSpringfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 116,482 . Over 200,000 residents live in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and adjacent Menard County...
, St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. With an estimated population of 354,361 in 2008, it is the principal municipality of Greater St. Louis, population 2,866,517, the largest urban area in Missouri and sixteenth largest in the United States...
and Kansas CityKansas City, MissouriKansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. It is one of two county seats of Jackson County, the other being Independence, just to the city's east...
until that railroad was merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio RailroadGulf, Mobile and Ohio RailroadThe Gulf, Mobile and Ohio was a railroad carrier in the central United States, with its primary routes from Chicago to Mobile, Alabama and Kansas City, Missouri.- History :...
in 1947. The GM&O itself was merged into the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in 1972. When the ICG began spinning off its redundant lines, the Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway purchased the lines from the ICG on April 28, 1987.
The line struggled financially, leading to deferred maintenance on the track, and the company was bankrupt within the year.
The Southern Pacific RailroadSouthern Pacific RailroadThe Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company , and usually simply called the Southern Pacific, was an American railroad. The railroad was founded as a land holding company in 1865, later acquiring the Central Pacific Railroad by lease...
purchased the Saint Louis to Joliet, IllinoisJoliet, IllinoisJoliet is a city in Will County and Kendall County in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 106,221. Its estimated population in 2008 was 146,125. It continues to be Illinois'...
line from the CM&W to extend itself into Chicagoland in 1989. Another new railroad, the Gateway Western RailwayGateway Western RailwayThe Gateway Western Railway was a Class II railroad that operated 408 miles of former Chicago and Alton Railroad track between Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri...
, purchased the Springfield to Kansas City line in 1990."