Cars produce revenue. Locomotives = operating expenses. Profitability wins.
<g> Andre ----- Original Message ----- From: "jamiebothwell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 8:41 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: NYC vs PRR = NYC --- In [email protected], "Andre Ming" <lam...@...> wrote: > > Dear NYC and PRR Fans: > > Having read with amusement the good-natured banter on this list concerning > the never-ending NYC vs PRR debate, I would now like to offer irrefutable > proof that NYC is the victor and the PRR is the vanquished. > > As most of you know, I railroad for a living. I work a switch job > primarily, and in so doing I see an awful lot of railroad cars travel > in/out > of our yard and over our system to our various connections. > > Today, having just made a joint, I was sitting in the cab of the Alco and > looking about. Beside me is a long track full of cars that serves one of > our > drilling sand customers. Right beside my engine sat a covered hopper car > that caught my attention. Believe it or not, its reporting marks were > "NYC". Yup, "NYC". And this car is not an isolated oddity. Recently I > have noticed NYC coil steel cars, boxcars, along with covered hoppers. I > NEVER see ANY cars with "PRR" reporting marks. > > SOOOO... > > It appears that SOMEWHERE... on someone's accounting sheet and in the > paper > world, the NYC still exists! > > There you have it: The NYC survived and therefore displaced the PRR. It > must be the superior railroad. > > :-) > > (That ought to get'em started!!) > > Andre Ming > OK Andre, I'll bite. They got the cars. We got the locomotives. Now tell me who won. Jamie Bothwell Bethlehem, PA (Where I can travel a mile to the train yard and see locomotives with PRR reporting marks!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1862 - Release Date: 12/23/2008 12:08 PM ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
