True, but they were also a nod to the employees from those railroads.
Today, there are far fewer people left on the active UP roster who started at MoPac, MKT, DRGW or WP, which all took place in the 1980's.
The CNW and SP mergers took place in 1995 and 1996 respectively, so anyone from those would now have 24+ years seniority. I'd be willing to say that as a group hold far less attachment to their prior road than 15 years ago when the fleet was rolled out and those mergers were only 10 years in the past.
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