12-09-2011, 12:56 AM
Gary S Wrote:Russ,
Every now and then, I've seen a FURX loco in Houston, still in the UP yellow/gray scheme. I've always liked that, and is a definite possibility for my layout.
I'll probably end up with a couple UP locos, or maybe a UP and an SP with a UP patch. I think it is feasible to run a UP train from the interchange into the layout... perhaps my railroad is owned jointly by the BNSF and UP?
It might be owned jointly by the BNSF & the UP, but that would be like a minor league baseball team being owned jointly by the Yankees and the Red Sox. I don't think there are two railroads in the country that dislike each other more than the U.P. and the Santa Fe in the old days, and I think that dislike extended to the BNSF when they merged. One reason for the BNSF merger was to avoid a hostile takeover of the Santa Fe by the U.P., and the U.P. was trying to take over the Santa Fe right up until the BNSF merger was settled.
You don't even need to do a U.. patch on an S.P. locomotive. U.P. sold off Sd40-2t's almost like the Santa Fe sold off CF7's. They are all over the country in short line or lease service.