UP Making Friends The Hard Way

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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Extra…Extra…Read all about it!
UP sues Photographer (and his Mom!)

Hot off of the Model Railroad News presses comes this tidbit of information in Volume 11, Issue 8 - August 2005, page 34.

I’ll have to let you read it for yourselves, but I do agree with the author’s last sentence…“Frankly, it would have been cheaper and more effective if UP had simply purchased the entire run, sold them as railfan memorabilia, and turned a tidy profit on a dandy product.”

And another great quote from the same article…“Maybe the rest of the railroad should sue the legal deptment for defamation of character.”

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Poor Uncle Pete, he can put his foot in it sometime, can’t he?

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i bet the goverment will break their foot off in UP’s ASS

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Wow.

I’ve always been a fan of UP’s past accomplishments…but

Uncle Pete, public relationswise, has gone from:

(1) Unusually Potent and Uniquely Powerpacked [4:-)][tup]

TO

(2) Unwittingly Pathetic and Utterly Pitiful! [D)][tdn]

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I don’t get it guys.
Allan.

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How about those of us that don’t have a subscription? kind of hard to read if we don’t have a copy or link to the story [:(!]

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[#ditto]

Can you at least post some kind of summation of the story without indulging in plagiarism? It sounds interesting, but not enough to effect my purchase of an extra magazine.

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They also don’t like their own employees…

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-07-25-railroad-ruling-birth-control-coverage_x.htm

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UP strikes again, who are they going to sue next?

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That is why I hate the UP so much. Look how they treat Woman nowadays. Woman get no respect at all. UP is so Power hungry it’s not funny. Someday their gona pay a dear price. Allan.

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If I could I would. I was just waiting for this reply to rear its head.
You could go to your local hobby shop and peruse a copy.
For the rest of you that don’t want to fight the heat;
A man is selling a calendar with photos of UP and one of SP stuff. UP doesn’t like it and has decided to sue the guy.

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No hobby shops around here carry it.

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UP SUCKS!

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wow, what a great post.

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Tom - I really wish Lincoln would make the paper because they discovered the gene to end old age or how to have peace in the world! I agree with the ruling (would you expect less from a female) but couldn’t they have had dateline Omaha!

Mook [:I]

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I’ll pictures of UP if I feel like, they are on CN property and CN doesn’t care. CN will back me up.[:D]

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If you get caught taking Photo’s of UP trains your gona need a permit. If you don’t have one. The the UP has a right to sue you. I can see it now in the News. UP sue’s Railfans across this country for violating their anti-trust logo while Photographing of there Trains.
LOL! I can just see it now. Allan. LOL LOL LOL!

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UP probably has a whole team of “investigators” ready to go at a moments notice,tracking down down all these “transgressions” and infringements.
“ALERT,ALERT! Unlicensed shield in Sam Smith’s house! All teams converge!”

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Uh oh… I took a picture of one of their reefers last month…[:p]

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I had better be careful. I might accidently take a picture of UP equipment on the local CSX line, knowing that CSX is using quite a bit of UP’s motive power. Thanks for the warning there. I hope CSX doesn’t do the same, that’s just what I need, two permits to photograph one railroad…[:p]