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From: brian AT buckeyecollision DOT us
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:23:30 -0400
Subject: Re: (erielack) NS Heritage Unit in 2 tone green
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul R DOT Tupaczewski"
To: "'EL Mail List'"
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 11:10 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) NS Heritage Unit in 2 tone green


> D.P. wrote:
>
>> On the PRR mailing list people would have preferred the dark green
>> scheme,
>> on the NYC mailing list people are certain the cigar band scheme would
> have
>> been more appropriate, and then here, the Erie black is seriously
> mentioned
>> as a missed, but better alternative.
>>
>> It would be fun to look into the other groups and discussion forums but I
> bet
>> this sample is representative.
>>
>> For the record, I'm not disparaging these opinions in one way or another,
>> they make me laugh - respectfully. You guys know a gazillion times more
>> about the stuff on topic than I do. Still, it's hilarious.
>
> Everyone has their own opinions. The folks at NS know all about this. But
> ultimately, the decisions for the schemes came from within NS, not from
> the
> outside. It's nice to say "I would have preferred this scheme," but the
> choices were made at the upper levels of NS (at least one of the schemes
> was
> personally selected by the NS CEO himself)
>
> I personally think it's a very nice mix of color - an Erie black/yellow
> unit
> would have added to the "black" malaise that they're already working
> with -
> NKP, S&A, NYC, VGN, PC - so the two-tone green is a spot of needed color
> to
> these schemes, IMHO.
>
> I think that's also the reason they switched from the Monongahela black
> scheme to their grey and white scheme....
>
> - Paul
>
>
>
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