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Super Chief

Old May 12, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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Super Chief

http://media.ford.com/newsroom/relea...?release=22295


Interesting atricle in one of our daily papers today..........

I'm not sure about it...(jurys still out).....bit of a monster tho....

What do you guys think..?
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Old May 12, 2006 | 05:16 PM
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Tri-flex fuel engine? Ford has enough problems with the "mono fuel" engine they have now

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Old May 12, 2006 | 06:40 PM
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Boy, that's a slap in the face to the beautiful F7s and PA1s that had the honor of carrying the Super Chief name.

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Old May 12, 2006 | 07:34 PM
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I wonder what BNSF RR thinks about that, Santa Fe made Amtrac quit using the Super Chief name on their Chicago to L A trains years ago.
I thought they had a copyright on the name and term "Super C"
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Old May 12, 2006 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by HiJenks
I wonder what BNSF RR thinks about that, Santa Fe made Amtrac quit using the Super Chief name on their Chicago to L A trains years ago.
I thought they had a copyright on the name and term "Super C"
Ford owns BNSF and Santa Fe RR.

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Old May 12, 2006 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by hotdram
Tri-flex fuel engine? Ford has enough problems with the "mono fuel" engine they have now

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Now that's funny right there....
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Old May 12, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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Holy cow ... that thing is FUGLY !!! (Ford UGLY ... ).

What is it with the truck manufacturers these days ... gotta make all this plastic that looks like it would withstand driving thru a 10' thick brick wall.

That truck looks like a tank but you know better.

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Old May 13, 2006 | 06:42 AM
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That thing reminds me of a dodge magnum the way the body lines are...
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Old May 13, 2006 | 06:54 AM
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500 miles between fillups, wow, that thing must have 3 seperate tanks
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Old May 13, 2006 | 07:06 AM
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I can't imagine what designer could possibly think that the big flat oversized wall of a grill could possibly be inspired by the "Super Chief" which was usually pulled by F-units or Alco-PA's. Those were beautiful in their times because they were Streamlined.

The Locomotive of the future looked like it could cut through the air like a knife. The Ford of the future looks like it could push dirt with it's plow like grill.

Seems like they are treading on thin ice with the name thing though.

Just my thoughts before coffee this morning.
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