QUOTE: Originally posted by CopCarSS QUOTE: Originally posted by dingoix The DASH8 standard cabs were some of the best looking C&NW motive power. Now I REALLY hate UP. For what? For repainting locos into their livery? Are they supposed to maintain a whole fleet of units in assorted paint schemes. That would be easy and economical. Sheesh, why can't the BNSF bring back Chinese Red, then? Is it for taking over the CNW? UP controlled the CNW for a long time before they actually took them over, and allowed them to exist quite awhile. If I remember right, the UP only formally took them over right after the BNSF merger announcement. It really was a business decision that was somewhat forced because of the bold BNSF move. Shouldn't the BNSFshare part of the blame, then? I know I say this a lot, but I STILL don't understand the complete and total animosity directed at Uncle Pete from railfans. Just me I guess.
QUOTE: Originally posted by dingoix The DASH8 standard cabs were some of the best looking C&NW motive power. Now I REALLY hate UP.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Lord Atmo a spartan cab is a cab design also referred to as "Standard cab". at least i think. maybe just the GE standard cabs are called that, but when i mentioned them, i was referring to the SD45s and SD60s. oh i love SD60s. UP still uses 'em. 'course they're never in Altoona. ever. then again, nothing comes through. i think it was right about the time the merger happened when rail traffic there declined. *** UP... at any rate, we're not in the good ol days anymore. but i have taken what copcar said and gave it some thought. will UP ever bring them back? no way. is there anything i can do to bring them back? not for a very long time. should i join the historical society? ehhh i cant afford it yet. but i want to. there's one hope left. museums. they can paint their locomotives any color they want. maybe some day, a railroad museum in Chicago will get an SD60 and paint it CNW colors. but my point is my rants and whining will accomplish only pissing you guys off more. so well... i'll just remain patient that my museum theory will one day become true. and hey, nothing against painting my car like a CNW locomotive[:p] lastly, dont think you're getting off the hook, UP. i still hate you with every ounce of my strength...
QUOTE: Originally posted by Lord Atmo tch. ther heritage unit is rumored to be HALF CNW. a CNW *** is not great. and it's an SD70ACE. i want some good ol spartan cab CNWs back. not the hideous Widenoses. that ugly yellow mark on the cab ruins the whole look. it's no longer CNW...
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Lord Atmo what good ol'days are you referring to? CNW spartan cabs are gone and will never come back [V] how many of UP's units are ex CNW? any of the SD60s? those were my favorite CNW units. there's just something about an SD60 in CNW paint i liked. if i had money, skills, and room to build a layout, then yes i would build one and run all kinds of CNW and WC locomotives on it. all kinds of fallen flags. i refuse to believe the half halfd heritage unit is true. i'm gonna guess it's gonna be the lightning stripe or maybe the scheme of one of their F units?
QUOTE: Originally posted by Lord Atmo what good ol'days are you referring to? CNW spartan cabs are gone and will never come back [V]
QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSFrailfan Ya,so,what's your point.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Lord Atmo tch. ther heritage unit is rumored to be HALF CNW. a CNW *** is not great. and it's an SD70ACE.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Lord Atmo i'm a horrible artist. i'll end up ruining them if i try. and do they even sell road logo decals?
i wouldnt know how nice the crews are as i rarely talk with rewmembers, but the UP crew at Altoona waves to me when they see me out fanning in a nearby parking lot. call me dumb, but that seems pretty nice. when i say i hate UP, i refer to the jerks in the upper management (the absolute head of the corporation. CEO, etc. not the crewmembers who actually interact with the trains), who no doubt made the descision to merge with CNW as well as patch their units. i respect all other UP employees. therefore i respect the vast majority of UP. i guess really i only despise anyone who was responsible for the buy-out of CNW and defacing their locomotives (in terms of descision making, not the painting). this is also why i dont absolutely despise the widenose cab. i like the idea that crewmembers are safer with the extra collision protection, i just think the look is ugly. but safety IS a higher priority. shame that CNW will never exist in spartan cabs again though...*sigh*
4884bigboy wrote:I really don't see what the fuss is about. You CNW fans are lucky you have 2 of the arguably most useful units CNW had left.
Gluefinger wrote:The ex-CNW SD40-2s are very common on MPRVP/MSSPR, MPRIT/MITPR, and MPRDM/MDMPR trains (the first four go through Altoona every single day, the DM trains when needed)
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