If you wondered whay you were seeing a bunch of blue & white boxcars with the Pan Am logo, here's why: http://www.guilfordrail.com/
I have seen a number of these on the CSX main here in N. Va. I was wondering where they were from, and why they were so new looking. Thanks for the link!
Am wondering to what commodity is their assigned purpose? Looks nice. But won't last long with stupid kiddies, and their spray cans. Boxcab E50
Since it seems that Guilford has changed it's name to PanAm, I wonder if any locos will get painted in this scheme?
that would make for a striking paint scheme....I like it! There was a picture by Rod Bushway a couple days ago on Railpictures.net of a Pan-Am upside down in a river.
Yeah, apperently Pan AM railways is going the same course as Pan AM airways http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=139463
An official news release from Progressive Railroading has a few answers: Guilford Rail System changes name to Pan Am Railways When searching for a new name, a railroad typically wouldn’t consider an airline’s moniker. But when a rail company owns and operates a charter airline, it might. Last month, Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways. In addition to three railroads operating 1,600 track miles in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont, the company owns the Pan Am Clipper Connection charter airline. “We are instituting this change to take advantage of the world famous Pan Am name and logo to better identify the services we provide and to further strengthen the relationship between the rail group and its sister airline,” said Pan Am Railways President Thomas Steiniger in a letter to customers and employees. The change is in trade name only, and the company’s Springfield Terminal Railway Co., Boston and Maine Corp. and Maine Central Railroad Co. will “continue to exist with no significant change to their corporate structures,” said Steiniger. “In the coming weeks and months, you will be seeing more box cars and locomotives in service with the Pan Am logo on them,” he said.
I saw quite a few of these cars in & around Waterville & Northern Maine Jct., and saw HO models of 'em at the hobby shop in Falmouth- not interested at-tall. So I guess we'll have black & blue diesels sitting dead at Waterville shops now, instead of gray & orange Remember the line from Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet"- "What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Of course, I'd replace the word "sweet"....but that's me.
From the NERAIL website. First one I've seen a picture of: http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2006110410452926070.jpg&byrail:1:Pan_Am_Railways
