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    Re: I've got mine (too)!!! —Mike Walsh
    "Steve Martin" <martinsa@mail.com> wrote in message news:GrwJz2.AqL@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) item. (...) Do we know for a fact that LEGO paid for a license or did they just have to get permission from BNSF? I read the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: I've got mine (too)!!! —John Neal
    (...) Oh, I doubt that they paid anything to do it-- they just were covering their bases. There's got to be some unwritten rule (maybe it is written somewhere) allowing model railroad set manufacturers to reproduce train logos new and old. Why (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: I've got mine (too)!!! —Dean Husby
     (...) From what I've heard/read, Santa Fe will be allowed to sell the model in their gift shops. I'll bet that was the deal made... Dean (22 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: I've got mine (too)!!! —Abner Finley
      (...) To answer your question is ...yes... LEGO got permission to use and produce the stickers of BNSF logo. I am not sure what deal was made. And I believe BNSF wants or would like to sell the set in their company store for BNSF employees. Also (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: I've got mine (too)!!! —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) It varies. If you read rec.models.railroad you will find that some lines are quite willing to work with hobbyists (Norfolk Southern, for example) and others are quite tight (Union Pacific, for example)... which is why I say in my MTW-2001 (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
 

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