| CP 8507 in second place on southbound mixed freight in the passing lane - and being passed by two northbound covered hopper groups plus another covered hopper string and tailend of an oil can being shifted behind them at the start of the north yard making it a challenge to get these particular units into the viewfinder between warehouse roofs (rooves? ruffs? exterior ceilings?). Of course, more importantly: can you believe it? After all my work at hints, insider jokes, and what-not... CP / Canadian Pacific undercuts my BNSF purchase of NS / Norfolk Southern! Dang. Missed your chance, Mr Buffet... then again, guess theres still time, but not much, since the CP buyout of NS has already made popular news (meaning its possibly six months to a year old news now that I see it in print). And what kind of livery is Canolk Pacuthern going to use? Wait - they have the dirty look down pat between them, so maybe it was a match made in Heaven. Darn - just realized, more losses to anything except the first few letters of the alphabet (AMTK, BNSF, CP... KCS & UP are working to be the only non-ABCentric railways? (I know - theres bound to be others, but what we see up here in the Pacific Northwest). |