Until this morning, I was willing to believe that UP was doing these heritage units to recognize their heritage....now we can all see that in the end it is about the logos
And now the modelers will want models painted in these schemes and it'll be more money for UP.
Next thing is for UP to buy one or more of the manufacturers and start their own distributing.
Bill Bill's Railroad Empire N Scale Model Railroad:
PT Barnum said it best
Where is there anything remotely heritage about these paint schemes? If they wanted to do heritage schemes for MP and WP they could have done updated versions of real WP and MP schemes instead of this dreck.
How can slapping the old heralds on paint schemes that have nothing to to with those of the old railroad's possibly qualify as being heritage?
The WP black and grey monstrosity is a piss poor substitute for a modern version of the classic silver, back and red scheme.
Harrym wrote:
"Not ALL of us can see this. Look at all of the forums. Many posters are enthusiastic about the Heritage program and thrilled with the new paint schemes. True, there are a number of UP bashers finding fault with the colors, the shape of the eagle, the designers, the weather the day of the presentation, etc. But the consensus of opinion clearly isn't a consensus yet."
There is no shortage of fools gullible enough to swallow UP's tepid slops.
Look how many widgets drive Chevy Tahoes wrapped in some fantasy sheet metal and think they have "Hummers" - when all they really have is a Hummeroid.
And we all know the unfailing rule about Hummeroids - they're always found in the immediate vicinity of, and indeed are owned by, registered Rectums.
Well automakers have been badge engineering since the late 1950s.
A Hummer sharing a chassis with a Chevy is still a Hummer and makes sense considering how few people actually use stupid useless vehicles off road. A Tahoe is a fair off road vehicle. Or at least a good start to build a good one from.
I have nothing but comtempt for UP's transparent attempt to protect long unused flags with these bogus schemes. I'd be a bit more sympathetic if they had, in fact, used updated version of the real paint these railroads used. I could almost see it as honoring those roads if they had done so.
I am sure that there will be idiots clamoring for versions of these locomotives in their scale.
I have a aquantence who is a B&O fan and I've asked him why he paints stuff in CSX. He does it because it is the successor of the B&O. To me it's just the railroad who killed off the railroad that killed off the B&O.
That's why I model the NYC in the 1930s. No PC, no CR, no CSX which doesn't own the NYC despite their bullshit claims. Just steam in the Adirondacks.
Eric
Steve wrote:
"There is no shortage of fools gullible enough to swallow UP's tepid slops.
Look how many widgets drive Chevy Tahoes wrapped in some fantasy sheet metal and think they have "Hummers" - when all they really have is a Hummeroid.
And we all know the unfailing rule about Hummeroids - they're always found in the immediate vicinity of, and indeed are owned by, registered Rectums."
Well, actually, no - it is nothing like a Humvee, which it is their intent to imply to the idiots who buy them.
As for the basis for a decent off-road vehicle, the percent of them that ever get dirty is very small; probably something to be thankful for: less wilderness churned up with idiot tracks.
"Well, actually, no - it is nothing like a Humvee, which it is their intent to imply to the idiots who buy them."
I meant that Hummer is a brand. Any vehicle that made by that company is a Hummer. The H1 doesn't have a lot in common with the military HMMV.
"As for the basis for a decent off-road vehicle, the percent of them that ever get dirty is very small; probably something to be thankful for: less wilderness churned up with idiot tracks."
Some of the best off road vehicles I've seen are built with GM components. There's an advantage to doing that. There's not a place in this country where you can't get parts for a GM.
Eric
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