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The only thing that bothers me about all this is the other predecessor railroads are included. I don't give a hoot about UP, but I have several models of CNW, MP, WP, MKT, D&RGW and SP prototypes and hope to acquire several more. As far as Paul's question, "Will you be willing to spend a bit more a UP model so the manufacturer can cover the cost of the licensing agreement?" is concerned, I, for one, would only be willing to spend more if that manufacturer is Microscale, and even then, not much more than what is charged for any other set of decals. As far as other manufacturers are concerned, I don't care and won't buy their prepainted UP stuff anyway. I haven't been dazzled by any manufacturer's painting quality in so long that I paint all my own stuff. If any of this does become a problem for manufacturers, I suggest they just do what Walthers did with the HO scale UPS prototype parcel service trailer decals: offer a set containing "Reliable Parcel Delivery" and "United Postal Service" and leave it up to the modeler to come up with the combination that suits him or her. You could easily do that with different "shields" and text ready for splicing for any railroad name... RCHarris
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