trailrider
Well-Known Member
I can't find where this topic came up before, but here is some food for thought for the modern era: It will be sort of prototypical to run KSC and CP rail power together once the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern merger is finalized! Seems like KSC agreed to the merger with CP, even though Canadian National's per-share bid was higher due to concerns about regulatory problems.
Since it is perpetually pre-1960 on my layout, I can run C.B.&Q., GN and NP, mixed occasionally, and even have a Santa Fe switcher and D&RGW in my Denver yard. Be another 10 years before the ICC will let the first three keep one set of books (and let management come up with that green-and-black with white lettering paint job, which I can't stand!). If I were ever to go "modern", at least I'd have the BNSF paint schemes. But that's not going to happen. Sixty-five years worth of motive power and rolling stock! I can still remember riding on a "shovel-nose" Zephyr as a kid.
Since it is perpetually pre-1960 on my layout, I can run C.B.&Q., GN and NP, mixed occasionally, and even have a Santa Fe switcher and D&RGW in my Denver yard. Be another 10 years before the ICC will let the first three keep one set of books (and let management come up with that green-and-black with white lettering paint job, which I can't stand!). If I were ever to go "modern", at least I'd have the BNSF paint schemes. But that's not going to happen. Sixty-five years worth of motive power and rolling stock! I can still remember riding on a "shovel-nose" Zephyr as a kid.