Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Well, if you look at the other Heritage units, the CNW one is more along the lines of simple.
BTW, woohoo UP! I like it!
Metro,
The lighter green striping is Retroreflective striping. We need a nightime flash photo of UP 1995 to see the striping glowing in the dark.
Andrew
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Carl
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dingoix wrote:Now,I think this SD70 does the CNW NO justice. Why did they have to surround the CNW logo w/ gray and put those gray stripes on it?
Lord Atmo wrote:UP hit its mark. there's plenty of CNW heritage to it. i like it, buuutgimme a HOO HA SPARTAN CABS RULE!UP needs to realize there's no heritage to a locomotive model that no fallen flags ever used.... however, that green and yellow and silver. i love it anyway. UP, you did good for once. now do me a favor and peel those patch decals off of 9087/8575 and stick it in that trio
Sentinal got it right. The article is on pages 20 & 21 of Oct. 2005 Trains magazine. The official is the Senior V.P. of Corporate Relations.
As I said above, don't give Uncle Pete too much credit!
garyla wrote: Don't give Uncle Pete too much credit here. Even one of the company's officials admitted that one of the reasons for this whole series of "heritage" paint jobs was to help its campaign against the use of retired trademarks without licensing.
Don't give Uncle Pete too much credit here. Even one of the company's officials admitted that one of the reasons for this whole series of "heritage" paint jobs was to help its campaign against the use of retired trademarks without licensing.
garyla--
Where did that quote by the UP official appear? I'd like to see it.
Poppa Z
Don't give Uncle Pete too much credit here. Even one of the company's officials admitted that one of the reasons for this whole series of "heritage" paint jobs was to help its campaign against the use of retired trademarks without licensing. With that thought in mind, the whole program is just too full of cynical motive to have any appeal to me. As long as the same people who "managed" the C&NW and SP mergers, and started a lawsuit against a calendar publisher, are still calling the shots in Omaha, it's hard for me to get excited about anything from this carrier.
I like the looks of it. But does anyone know where it is right now, and where its heading?
-Tom
Well, now I see that the Heritage Unit is tied to the last C&NW units. I know a railfanning spot that is PERFECT for this situation.
I'm not sure if it's known, but the Union Pacific has contacted the city of Oxford, WI (where I live) and offered us the depot for $1. That means that the old C&NW depot in Oxford will not be along the tracks for very long. So, what not a better spot for catching this consist, than next to the Oxford Depot. If the city has no interiest in it, then the Marquette County Historical Society will try to acquire it. If we can't get the county to help us out at the historical society, then there will be one less depot in Wisconsin.
Phil
Have fun with your trains
What Union Pacific could do is to have a second version run of Heritage Paint Schemes on a future series of General Electric Diesel-Electric Locomotives. These designs could be an early scheme on the left side and a later scheme on the right side. Think about that.
n012944 wrote: traisessive1 wrote: Shut up, don't whine and be grateful that UP is even wasting their money on painting units of railroads they don't even care about anymore.... don't whine and be happy you have these heritage units at all. Why do people think that the UP is doing this for railfans or former employees of the railroads? UP is doing this only for trademark reasons, so if I decide to buy a model I have to pay more for the CNW version than I would say an IC verson. It is all just a part of greed on the UP. Bert
traisessive1 wrote: Shut up, don't whine and be grateful that UP is even wasting their money on painting units of railroads they don't even care about anymore.... don't whine and be happy you have these heritage units at all.
Shut up, don't whine and be grateful that UP is even wasting their money on painting units of railroads they don't even care about anymore.... don't whine and be happy you have these heritage units at all.
Why do people think that the UP is doing this for railfans or former employees of the railroads? UP is doing this only for trademark reasons, so if I decide to buy a model I have to pay more for the CNW version than I would say an IC verson. It is all just a part of greed on the UP.
Bert
AGREED!
Now,I think this SD70 does the CNW NO justice. Why did they have to surround the CNW logo w/ gray and put those gray stripes on it?
Well, I finally got a look at it and have mixed feelings. I'm glad they painted it in the spirit of CNW, but I don't understand why they added the silver stripes. No CNW motive power ever carried silver stripes that I can recall.
As for the large emblem on the side, I think they would have been better to use the space for "Route of the 400" or "Route of the Steamliners" than the anime-like enlarged logo.
Just my thoughts. Thanks anyway U.P.
So, in the case of the Minneapolis & St. Louis, which RS1 scheme should we hope for?
greetings,
Marc Immeker
Bert,
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