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[quote user="Lord Atmo"][quote user="WIAR"] Lord Atmo:Is there a specific EMD unit-type you're looking for?  Maybe I can dig something up outta my archives, which, naturally, aren't digital images but I could borrow you the neg(s).  I snapped a lot of CNW when I lived in Cedar Rapids for 6 years, most right after I heard about UP killing your dreams and I figured I'd better get 'em while I could out at Beverly Yard.  [:P][/quote]SD40-2, SD50, and SD60[/quote]Oh I definitely have the -2's, and possibly some of the SD50s and SD60s, but certainly the SD40-2's.  I can go through them and I'll e-mail you to see about lending them out.  When Conrail grudgingly accepted the EL into their deal at the last minute and then ripped-up the "Friendly Service Route", I hated Conrail's guts to no end.  It wasn't until after Conrail managed to divest itself of some of the old cronies and good old boy middle management who ran the PC into the toilet (which wasn't hard to do since the PC was half in the toilet to begin with when the PRR & NYC merged) that they managed to make a success out of the operation, but the ill-feelings still lingered a while.  Then, after all that, I decided to resurrect the EL.  The Wisconsin & Iowa was the knight in shining armour that bought the EL from the jaws of Conrail for its wide ROWs and comparative lack of major urban areas to traverse between Port Jervis and Chicago (perfect for high-speed stackers and TOFC after we rehabilitated the route).  The WIAR also merged-in the CGW to gain direct access to Chicago, and for the Des Moines - Oelwein - St. Paul line.  At this moment two EL GP35s are idling in the WIAR East Iron Mountain Yard (yes we're in Michigan too), ready for the march to Dubuque.  We never decided to drop the EL or CGW logos or liveries - the heritage of those employees that worked those lines are preserved through the colors and the insignias.  The WIAR can afford the paint.  Because after all, it's not the corporate emblem that carries the freight and keeps the customers happy - it's the people (even the management sometimes) that make it work.
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