Nostalgia & History > MoP's bi-centennial diesels

Here's the Missouri Pacific's offer back in 1976, era of the nation's 200th year anniversary. To me, it doesn't seem like it's been almost 30 years since all of that took place. When I was about the same age that Alex Ramos and some of the younger foamers on Trainorders are, 30 years earlier would have been in the mid 1920s, and that did seem like a long long time ago! This just gives me a little perspective on all of this.

Con

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2nd view

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Con, your images are interesting; your math is unusual. Gerry

But even 1946 seemed to be a long time ago to me in 1976. I was 5 in 1946.

mdo

I remember them best hanging on for dear life behind 610 on the American Freedom Train from Austin to Houston.

painted up a couple lowly geeps in BiCentennial colors instead of more modern units, like SD40-2's, U30C's, or even GP38-2s. The only reason I can think of is that they already had the 1976 and 1776 road numbers. Same goes for the CNW too.

Txhighballer Wrote:
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> I remember them best hanging on for dear life
> behind 610 on the American Freedom Train from
> Austin to Houston.


I remember 1 of them puking oil over it and the other one on the AFT, while watching this from car 201 (gen-bunk car)