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Bird Lives!
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 09-13-2015 - 14:30

Jon Wrote:
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> .
> Oakway was the leasing company (General Motors
> sponsored) that leased 100 SD60 standard cab
> locomotives to BN back in the 80s. They were
> painted blue and white, and if you noticed on that
> one photo, one of the radiator fans was painted
> blue. Apparently it came from an Oakway SD60.
>
> As with WP Lives!, some say Oakway Lives!
>
> The Oakway units were in the same time frame as
> the 100 B39-8s leased by GE sponsored LMX to BN.

I think that the whole "lives" thing started with graffiti that jazz fans scrawled after the death of Charlie Parker (nicknamed Bird.)

http://cdn.discogs.com/IR_9-cZMj9D9r6BNAji69d4ZHBY=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-4514706-1367355593-4607.jpeg.jpg

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  One Day - Three SD60Ms Pdxrailtransit 09-12-2015 - 10:59
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  Re: One Day - Three SD60Ms Pdxrailtransit 09-12-2015 - 12:29
  Re: One Day - Three SD60Ms z 09-12-2015 - 18:39
  Re: One Day - Three SD60Ms !st cajon 09-12-2015 - 21:22
  Re: One Day - Three SD60Ms HUTCH 7.62 09-13-2015 - 10:58
  Re: One Day - Three SD60Ms Uncle Dave 09-13-2015 - 13:19
  Re: One Day - Three SD60Ms Jon 09-13-2015 - 13:24
  Bird Lives! Pdxrailtransit 09-13-2015 - 14:30
  Re: Bird Lives! synonymouse 09-13-2015 - 19:32
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