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Re: Submitted For Your Approval - Eighty-eighth Installment
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 07-09-2022 - 18:36
D. B. Arthur Wrote:
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> Chris Walker Wrote:
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> > Thanks for the great picture of clean(and
> matched)power. My first visit to the USA was in
> Sept. '82 and looking back on the pictures I took
> then, I can't help but remark on how clean most of
> SP's power was at that time period: Ten years
> later, not so much. Chris in New Zealand.
>
> You're welcome. It must be contagious as UP has
> allowed their power to look pretty shabby since
> they've taken over Espee. For publicity purposes,
> Espee might have washed and scrubbed the set of
> units that they knew would be pulling the circus
> train.
Note the LOS ANGELES stencil on the cabs. Taylor Roundhouse was actively repainting units assigned to the LA Division switcher/local/hauler pool during this period.
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> Chris Walker Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Thanks for the great picture of clean(and
> matched)power. My first visit to the USA was in
> Sept. '82 and looking back on the pictures I took
> then, I can't help but remark on how clean most of
> SP's power was at that time period: Ten years
> later, not so much. Chris in New Zealand.
>
> You're welcome. It must be contagious as UP has
> allowed their power to look pretty shabby since
> they've taken over Espee. For publicity purposes,
> Espee might have washed and scrubbed the set of
> units that they knew would be pulling the circus
> train.
Note the LOS ANGELES stencil on the cabs. Taylor Roundhouse was actively repainting units assigned to the LA Division switcher/local/hauler pool during this period.
