<div dir="ltr">Their paint scheme is tired and has been around forever. I don't like it. I like BNSF far better. Financially and operationally either would be fine.<div><br></div><div>Ed #70</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Ed, Roger, and others: why? The Norfolk and Western, the railroad for which we are enthusiasts and modelers, has been gone for 43 years. The classic Norfolk and Western, in some views, has been gone since 1964. Some would say their interest ends in 1960, when the last steam locomotive was in revenue service. Even if you dislike UP, and its boatload of predecessors, why would that reduce your interest in your railroad? <div><br></div><div>This may increase this organization's interest in what is going to be another fallen flag. Or the UP Society May embrace them. Let's see what happens.</div><div><br></div><div>Frank Bongiovanni</div><div>Mostly modeling the Virginian, which has been gone longer than it existed.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Me too!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Ed Painter #70</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr">Won't matter to me as that would cancel interest! I hate the Yellow Hoard!</div><div><br></div><div>Roger Huber<br>Deer Creek Locomotive Works</div></div>
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