Re: Historic "UP" steam

John West Wrote:
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> There is a long list, but I mentioned the 4449
> simply because of its relatively high public
> profile and the fact that mechanically it has a
> mainline track record and mechanically seems to
> get pretty high reps. It seems like a good
> practical initial candidate for my "adoption"
> program. As an ex-SPer I just wish UP more fully
> embraced their now very diverse heritage. But I
> don't expect that to happen any time soon.
> History is written by the victors. Which if you
> drink beer with a few old UP guys probably means
> it should be written by the Missouri Pacific.
>
> JBWX
John is right saying the MOP and the MOP guys did not like the SSW-SP so no 819 unless it goes out on BNSF trackage rights to well mabye the KCS ????