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I've never forgiven Union Pacific for taking away MY road, the C&NW. That said... I admire them. I admire them for their ceaseless efforts at preservation, not the least of such efforts being their steam program, going so far as to keep 844 on the roster. I admire them for being the ONLY railroad in all of America to survive the 20th century with its name, logo, corporate identity completely unfazed. Union Pacific started life as our nation's first transcontinental, a very prominent achievement, and has served our country for nigh on a century and a half, and is still continuing to grow and change. <br /> <br />That isn't to say that BNSF isn't a fine railroad - to deny the merits of AT&SF, CB&Q, NP, and sundry others would be a disservice to railroad history. But BNSF is a new kid on the block. It's not AT&SF and it's not BN. Only Union Pacific holds the distinction of keeping its name intact. And in this day and age when daily mergers and corporate conglomerates make the business world ever more unfamiliar and impersonal, that's really saying something.
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