Brand New Quad Kitty
It was always a treat to see a fresh out of EMD Chessie cat. But it could be a kind of love-hate relationship with the circus colored diesels. Those Royal Blue trucks just swallowed up whatever light was on them. Combining that with dark ballast and high sun left you with a dark bottom or an overblown sky.. Here's the 4444, a GP40-2, at Barr Yard, after just being delivered and set up for service. Working for Chessie back then kind of gave me a sense of pride to see a railroad that wasn't afraid of being a railroad. I'll never forget one time when I was working in the dispatcher's office. Somebody was giving our Chief a hard time on the phone, I don't remember what it was about, when he asked the Chief "what kind of an outfit" we were. The Chief stopped him cold and said " this isn't any outfit, this is the Chessie System Railroad, the best damn railroad there is." Yeah baby...
Brand New Quad Kitty
It was always a treat to see a fresh out of EMD Chessie cat. But it could be a kind of love-hate relationship with the circus colored diesels. Those Royal Blue trucks just swallowed up whatever light was on them. Combining that with dark ballast and high sun left you with a dark bottom or an overblown sky.. Here's the 4444, a GP40-2, at Barr Yard, after just being delivered and set up for service. Working for Chessie back then kind of gave me a sense of pride to see a railroad that wasn't afraid of being a railroad. I'll never forget one time when I was working in the dispatcher's office. Somebody was giving our Chief a hard time on the phone, I don't remember what it was about, when he asked the Chief "what kind of an outfit" we were. The Chief stopped him cold and said " this isn't any outfit, this is the Chessie System Railroad, the best damn railroad there is." Yeah baby...