I know I could probably look it up elsewhere but feck it, presumably the push to ditch overhead electrical supplies was done due to complaints of it being an eyesore?
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The power plant the New Haven owned needed to be modernized and it was struggling to handle the loads put on it. The solution was to abandon most of the electrification and invest in dual mode locomotives rather than pay to maintain the power plant. History obviously proved this was a bad idea.
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Hindsights 20-20, but I guess the mindset in business back then isn't too different to what it is now. Why meaningfully solve the long-term problem when you can try to delay it in the short term.
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