QUOTE: Originally posted by pmsteamman To me they were GEs test bed for widebodies, after some refinement you have Dash8 40CW. Only saw pictures of them myself.
"I Often Dream of Trains"-From the Album of the Same Name by Robyn Hitchcock
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding I'm still in the "how ugly" camp on that one. Every picture I've seen shows them in the gray Family Lines Paint scheme, which certainly didn't help the situation. Hey Murph- 3003 made it into the Bright Future scheme http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=98971 That does look a lot better. It has sort of a European look to the cab. I'm not so sure they hired the best painter though. The fool painted right over the windows![D)][:o)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding I'm still in the "how ugly" camp on that one. Every picture I've seen shows them in the gray Family Lines Paint scheme, which certainly didn't help the situation. Hey Murph- 3003 made it into the Bright Future scheme http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=98971
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding I'm still in the "how ugly" camp on that one. Every picture I've seen shows them in the gray Family Lines Paint scheme, which certainly didn't help the situation.
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James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 Amazing how perspectives change over time. Interesting thing about this for me is how well I remember the scores of railfans, modelers, and myself remarking "how UGLY" these things were! Essentially B23-7s with the experimental crew cab. I have to admit that they don't look so bad to me anymore. A shame one couldn't be saved.
QUOTE: Originally posted by bnsfkline2 poop
Mechanical Department "No no that's fine shove that 20 pound set all around the yard... those shoes aren't hell and a half to change..."
The Missabe Road: Safety First
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