This is something that I decided to do. This is not a response to UP threads or other heated talks I've gotten into. Seriously!! what other railroad had such beautiful liveries like the world famous 'Daylight', which would later on be considered the most beautiful train in the world? Surviving a Great Depression and 2 World Wars and NEVER going bankrupt once. Despite all the legal issues that the SP battled through in the early 1900s with the UP and Santa Clara county and many more than having to put with the Union Pacific's hissy-fits and childish tirade expressed in their propaganda encouraging the dismantling of the UP and came out of it stronger than ever. During the Great Depression of the 1930s was a solvent company when most other railroads became insolvent. Moved more war cargo and traffic in general than any other railroad.
So powerful that it actually was an institutional icon that was so powerful many of the towns and cities were built alongside the railroad and was considered one the best in its prime and was second only to the Pennsylvania Railroad as the most prestigious railroad in the country although it was larger than the PRR and at times was actually first place and considered the most prestigious RR and the best during certain spurts.
Now only if we had smarter management, then we might still be around.
This is why Espee interests me.
So powerful that it actually was an institutional icon that was so powerful many of the towns and cities were built alongside the railroad and was considered one the best in its prime and was second only to the Pennsylvania Railroad as the most prestigious railroad in the country although it was larger than the PRR and at times was actually first place and considered the most prestigious RR and the best during certain spurts.
Now only if we had smarter management, then we might still be around.
This is why Espee interests me.