Re: PC: Speculative Modelling

[bill <alcoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ummm altho not PC but related to this subject  I seem to remember seeing a
recent C40-8 or C44-9 Model on someones homepage that was painted in EL
colors, twas one of those large scale models (G or LGB) and it was an
outdoor shot so it actually looked realistic.  Also along this line is
George Elwood's EL Page that contains a what if section.

The address for that is at

http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood/what/whatif.html

And LO and behold but when I went looking for the above URL that is also
where the pics of the c44-9w I referred to above is located.
At 16:21 26-02-98 PST, Chris Osterhus wrote:
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>
>>
>>> [Assume subsidized passenger operations and bail out loan to PC in 
>1971]
>>>
>>> this worked and the PC survived.  Now, based upon these two major
>>> assumptions, model what a healthy PC would look like in 1998!
>>
>>C44-9W's in black and white worms hauling coalporters through central
>>PA.
>>
>>AMD103's in silver mist aluminum with black worms running the 20th 
>Century
>>past Croton Harmon, NY.
>>
>>An Operation Lifesaver SD60 with PC logos...
>>
>>SD80 & 90 MAC's pulling strings of auto racks out of Detroit
>>
>>PC divests itself of the New Haven branch and we see a return of the
>>McGinnis paint to New England.  (Guilford doesn't exist in my dream 
>world,
>>so the Red, Black and White FL9's would have "NH" on the side, not a 
>big
>>"G" )
>>
>>And finally...
>>
>>Reading the newspapers about the proposed Penn Central takeover of 
>>the failing CSX-NS merger.  :^)
>>
>>
>>Heck, we are fantasizing here, right?
>>
>>
>Suppose also that PC remained profitable, but Conrail took over 
>everybody else (e.g. LV, Reading, CNJ, et al.).  What would happen then?  
>Would PC be bidding on the remains of CR+CSX&NS?  Who knows, but it 
>would make an interesting modelling scenario! Imagine ex-CR, NS,and CSX 
>rolling stock with their logos replaced by PC worms!!!
>
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