Jamie, I agree, the PA's just look funny. They have a square front, un-like the rounded front of the F & E units. The side treatment behind the cab door looks like the side of 53 Ford Station Wagon, excuse me, Cross Over. PS Don't let the EPA find out about your "asbestos suit" or they will take it away.
--- On Mon, 10/1/12, Jamie Bothwell <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jamie Bothwell <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} EMD vs. Alco To: [email protected] Date: Monday, October 1, 2012, 7:12 PM Hi All, I have donned my asbestos suit and am ready for a severe flaming, but I have always thought that EMD E8's were far better looking engines than PA's. I may be the only person not employed by EMD to think that (I did grow up in Detroit.), but that's my humble opinion. I'd take an F unit over an FA any day on looks, but of course Baldwin Sharks beat all! One of my favorite quotes from an old railroader was about FA's. "Those things would slip running light through the sand house!" Jamie Bothwell Bethlehem, PA PS If you are coming to my house with pitchforks and torches, be careful. I finally fixed the screen in the front door. You have to open it again. You can't just step through any more! On Oct 1, 2012, at 8:31 PM, Thomas Baker wrote: ________________________________________ Bud, I was lucky enough to ride the "Adirondack" while Bucky Dumaine was president. I had spent six weeks studying German at the Middlebury College Ssummer Language School. After the program ended, I got to Burlington, rode a ferry across Lake Champlain, and flagged down the southbound train at Port Kent. Had a great ride behind one of the ALCO PA units in D&H warbonnet paint. Rode as far as Renssalaer and then got on the mortal remains of the "20th Centruy" and rode that to Chicago. The PC train was late and thus I had to wait to get on the "Blackhawk" to Minneapolis to meet up with my wife. The PA will always be a great memory. Tom
