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Re: Nominations for a trainset poll
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Date: 
Thu, 5 May 2005 14:34:02 GMT
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:IG0t4z.1o1@lugnet.com...
In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
choice 1:

Loco: NS late model GE road unit (EMD has been overrepresented between
the
ATSF warbonnet F and the BNSF GP)... preferably one with radiator flares,
I'm
not picky about which one. Make sure it has thoroughbred (prancing horse)
stickers for the logo, in several sizes.

I like your thinking here, but I question the road for color reasons.
Black?
Boring.  How about a <http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/MoPac/MP2968.jpg U
boat> (not
too wild about the model, but, `<drool`>, NAVY:-d)

[JOHN]

NAVY, psssssssshhhhhhhhh.  That's not NAVY!  It's JENKS blue (also known as
MOPAC blue).  I would not have known that, but you hit pretty darned close
to home(1) with that one.  Here's MSLTC's logo(2):

<http://www.msltc.org <http://www.msltc.org/graphics/logo.png>>

Rob

1) Arkansas, home of the once longest MOPAC (no UPRR) train yard and service
center.

2) probably not an exact match to Jenks blue...



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(...) (not (...) J2, maybe you could ask the guy who did that logo what color they used??? They presumably would know. (wink) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)

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(...) I like your thinking here, but I question the road for color reasons. Black? Boring. How about a (URL) U boat> (not too wild about the model, but, <drool>, NAVY:-d) JOHN (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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