Re: 'Track of the CaTS' logo tracked down . . .
| January 27, 2022 02:10PM |
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Joe Weigman Wrote:
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> Was there a reason the cat branding was phased
> out so early for the railroad?
It was – thankfully, IMHO – never adopted officially by the railroad.
Earl Wrote:
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> All of us who worked for the C&TS would recoil in
> disgust everytime anyone {referred to} our beloved
> railroad as the "Cats". Somebody thought it was
> "cute". The C&TS is NOT cute. It is the real thing.
> Treat it with reverence and respect.
AMEN!!
Russo Loco Wrote:
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> I hid it under a 40th Anniversary Logo on my copy of Ernie's Map.
Earl {Also} Wrote:
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> There was a big copy of Ernie's map in the shop
> office and someone had neatly covered over Terry
> Ross' kitty-cat herald.
Great Minds Think Alike (obviously) . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> Was there a reason the cat branding was phased
> out so early for the railroad?
It was – thankfully, IMHO – never adopted officially by the railroad.
Earl Wrote:
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> All of us who worked for the C&TS would recoil in
> disgust everytime anyone {referred to} our beloved
> railroad as the "Cats". Somebody thought it was
> "cute". The C&TS is NOT cute. It is the real thing.
> Treat it with reverence and respect.
AMEN!!
Russo Loco Wrote:
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> I hid it under a 40th Anniversary Logo on my copy of Ernie's Map.
Earl {Also} Wrote:
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> There was a big copy of Ernie's map in the shop
> office and someone had neatly covered over Terry
> Ross' kitty-cat herald.
Great Minds Think Alike (obviously) . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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