That's a pretty cool shot Brandon.
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You would think UP would wash an engine they are going to put on display, Norfolk Southern's program is so much classier in my opinion.
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I for one am thankful for any railroad that goes the extra mile for railroad history. It doesn't matter if it is locomotives in heritage paint, or donations of equipment or money to museums.I personaly thought the engine looked great. In the real world these engines have to earn their keep. It cost the railroad to let it set. The U. P. has thousands of engines and i am sure it is impossible to keep them showroom clean, even the heritage engines. I watch trains in cordele ga. and folkston ga. It is rare to see a clean NS engine, but i understand. It remains to be seen if the heritage engines get a bath more than twice a year.
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Oh, believe me, I think that both programs are outstanding and I think that both UP and NS deserve a lot of credit for putting the time and money into having them. All that I'm saying is that I think UP could have put in a little extra effort to wash off the trucks and plows. I personally like NS's program better only because they stuck to prototypical paint schemes instead of creating new ones. But heritage is heritage, and both of these programs are still really cool.
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Is that a MTH SD70ACe?
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| Posted by BMK on May 14, 2012 | |
The model is an Athearn Katy SD70ACe
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Which locomotive have the better pulling power?
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I doubt the real one has DCC and Tsunami . . . Plus it might do some REAL damage to my layout ;/
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