Oh Lord, this pic again.
First of all, I was working the job that moved that train. The yardmaster wanted us to move the train, an MWCRV, from the departure yard to the bypass track so he could get another train built. I was at the bypass track switch at the time the photo was taken- once the engineer pulled the whole train over the switch I let her know so she could stop so I could get on the rear car and make the reverse move into the bypass track. Dave happened to be there at that time.
UP SD40-2 said:
NICE PIC Miles!:thumb:, and NO, a dirty engine is not dishonoring the flag, it just shows America hard at work:thumb:
-Deano
Dean, as usual, you share the same sentiment as I do. An example I think of is the story of The Star Spangled Banner, in the morning, with the flag hanging battered over Fort McHenry. What if someone came along and said "Look at that flag! How irresponsible you to have a battle there, at a military installation? You should have thought more of the flag!" Instead someone noticed the perserverance of the flag, as it should be. Face it, a locomotive is going to get dirty, running through tunnels and such. It is a working machine- it does not need to look like it has been prepped for a car show. And like Dean said, it shows a scene of America hard at work, along with several other scenes across the country everyday.
And as far as not showing the flag on the side of craft, every American-registered airliner has one on each side behind the registration number.