As an attorney and railfan, who has been treasurer, brakeman, and conductor with a SG rr museum in the Southeast, a frequent visitor to the C&TS (including this July), and a member of the Friends, I have to say I am sick and tired of some of the things my brethren in the legal profession do. BUT, I am also sick of listening to people whine about lawyers like we are to blame for ALL the ills of society.
I am sure that if you are in a car wreck, you would never consider suing anyone, would you? You would never sure over a prescription drug, would you? Never sue your doctor for messing up? Never want a divorce?
Yeah, whoever this UP attorney is sounds like a complete a**hole, but let's be realistic. The truth is that the UP, and the rest of the mainline RR's, don't give two pennies for what any railfan thinks of them. Nor do they care about their customers, or they would move freight timely and efficiently.
Personally, I hope to never have to look at my local hobby store and see two of everything in UP puke-yellow and nothing in Southern RR black. I hope they prohibit all modeling in all scales of their emblem. It will make this modeler happy.