MEC #506 - "Guilford Fail System"

Just developed a roll of film that has been in the camera for months, (not ready to go digital sorry) I don't know if it was a trick of light, grime, bad adhesive, or a disgruntled employee, but I just noticed that apparently the locomotive is owned by the GUILFORD FAIL SYSTEM. Anyone else seen this?

Yeah, there's several engines like that. Apparently the lettering is fairly easy to peel off....

375 had the "Fail" treatment shortly before it was wrecked, and I saw the 207 a few months ago and it had the "Fail" treatment as well.

The 375 in the Fail System scheme. Billy.


http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?20050 ... 516277.jpg

Picture looks photoshopped to me. Note the consistance in color covering the R and how it looks out of place.

It's not a Photoshop job. I saw that unit with my own eyes at Rigby Yard shortly before it left the property never to be seen again.

http://mec407.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... ?id=307920


And the 207:

http://mec407.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... ?id=308553

LMFAO. Gillfid Fail System. HAHAAHAHAHAAAAAA.

The 207 also has smilies drawn into the 0 on each front numberboards.

Thats odd. How come on all these units, the R seems to be turning into an F? It is quite funny though.

All it takes is somebody with a sharp object to cut off the appropriate parts of the "R" decal to turn it into an "F". Could be a bored hogger or conductor trying to keep himself occupied while sitting in a siding for hours on end.

* Disclaimer: vandalizing railroad property is bad, mmmkay?

Employee commentary through humorous vandalism is hardly new, nor hardly limited to GRS/PAR.

The R's though do make it easy.

Hey that reminds me of my old BUICK. With a hammer and straight blade screwdriver I changed the "B" to an "F" and I removed the "I". My friends got a kick out of it but my (then) girlfriend's parents didn't care too much for it!

Mike

Any info or help on this accident would be appreciated ?

Billmosh wrote:Any info or help on this accident would be appreciated ?

What accident?

The Guilford name manipulation is nothing new.

Fail system was common, as was "Culiford Rail system"

On the older units, it's not tape, it's whit paint that is easily chipped off. On some units it's black sharpie covering some of the white.

The most famous railroad logo manipulation i have seen in a long time, if not the most famous was the recent Norfolk Southern stallion "Modification" that ended up on the companies calender. I am not going to say what the modification was, but lets just say a certain part of the horse was added and nobody caught it before thousands of the calendars were printed.