All this is kind of sad. For whatever reason UP changed the folks running the steam program. We lost some old friends. The new guys are…well…new. And not surprisingly there is some bad blood between the old and new. Change is a @#$%&. Personally I was perfectly happy with the 844 and 3985. But apparently somebody more important than me decided bigger is better. I'll be happy to see the Big Boy run, but wonder if I'll live long enough. It might be interesting to know all the inside scoop, but even then it might be difficult to sort fact from opinion. And really only the opinion of the decision maker counts. For those who had their toes stepped on, @#$%& is probably good therapy. For the majority of us who are just bystanders, we should appreciate the fact that UP even has a steam program.

Just letting off steam.