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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>My aunt Andrea worked her way up from an entry level job with Santa Fe to become a conductor and finally an engineer, before ATSF merged with UP. She told me former ATSF employees had a cruder version of your friend’s opinion of UP: “you can’t spell f*** up without UP.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rob Doorack<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Plantsville, CT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 29, 2025 4:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org<br><b>Cc:</b> NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through a massive merger - Virginia Business Union Pacific seeks $85B merger with Norfolk Southern<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Had a friend who started on the Cotton Belt. I asked him what he thought of the UP merger. His answer, "You can find UP in stUPid".</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Alan Cox</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div id=yiv2113757488><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv2113757488ydpa9ee6a74yahoo_quoted_4507888525"><div><div id=yiv2113757488yqt85044><div><div id=yiv2113757488ydpa9ee6a74yiv5171184522><div><div id=yiv2113757488ydpa9ee6a74yiv5171184522yqt01182><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#26282A'>___<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>