Login
or
Register
Home
»
Trains Magazine
»
Forums
»
General Discussion
»
Too Much Color
Edit topic
Updated your discussion topic below.
Subject
Enter a subject for your topic. Maximum 150 characters.
Post Body
Enter your post below.
I'm wondering if anyone else feels the same way on this (maybe it's <br />just me). <br /> <br />In my opinion, with all the power-sharing, leasing, mergers, <br />paint-outs, trackage rights etc. going on, I think it's less and less <br />likely you'll see three or four-unit consists with the same color <br />schemes running on their home rails. <br /> <br />When I was growing-up, it was quite common to see all EL varnish <br />running on EL tracks. Same thing with MILW and CNW trains. <br />Though I never got to see them while growing up (dang it), I've never <br />seen a photo of a CGW train with anything but CGW power before <br />the CNW takeover. When I saw a set of Soo engines parked by the <br />depot in Burlington, I knew that was Soo territory even without <br />knowing the history of railroads through Burlington, Wis. <br /> <br />Nowadays, for cryin' out loud, I hardly ever see a BNSF train with all <br />BNSF power - there's almost always a leased unit or run-through <br />engine in the consist. It's even worse on the CN and CP it seems. <br />UP appears to be the most likely to get a consistent set of paint. <br /> <br />Of course, I like seeing recently fallen-flags like the WC, BN, Soo, <br />etc. still on the rails. But for those of us travelling is areas where <br />we're not completely familiar with the territory (and don't have a <br />rail atlas handy), if I see a locomotive pulling a train, I have to stop <br />and ask myself, "Is this trackage <i>really</i> CP property, or is that <br />just a run-through?"
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag
E-mail Subscribe
Check the box below if you want to receive e-mail notifications when replies are made to this thread.
Receive notifications
Update Discussion Topic
Join our Community!
Our community is
FREE
to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.
Login »
Register »
Search the Community
Newsletter Sign-Up
By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our
privacy policy
More great sites from Kalmbach Media
Terms Of Use
|
Privacy Policy
|
Copyright Policy