I was browsing the Lehigh Valley Railroad Modeler website a while back, and happened upon an article about detailing a GP38AC. While perusing it, I saw a reference that piqued my interest. I quote, from http://www.lvrrmodeler.net/gp38ACsixMM.htm
"Those among us who witnessed eastern railroading during the troubled years of the early and mid-1970's remember such typical occurrences as hood doors left open on numerous occasions. Depicting this somewhat less-than-enthusiastic observance of good maintenance practices conveys authenticity."
Now, I know the economy wasn't the greatest in the early 1970s, the Penn Central was spiralling into oblivion, and things were overall bad, but what's the deal here? While I'm at it, I'm assuming that this mindset was replaced, but when and why? Was the Staggers Act responsible for the turnaround? Was the thing over in Vietnam and the socio-cultural and political brouhaha of able to spill over into the railroad industry?
Anybody's insight on this would be appreciated.
"Those among us who witnessed eastern railroading during the troubled years of the early and mid-1970's remember such typical occurrences as hood doors left open on numerous occasions. Depicting this somewhat less-than-enthusiastic observance of good maintenance practices conveys authenticity."
Now, I know the economy wasn't the greatest in the early 1970s, the Penn Central was spiralling into oblivion, and things were overall bad, but what's the deal here? While I'm at it, I'm assuming that this mindset was replaced, but when and why? Was the Staggers Act responsible for the turnaround? Was the thing over in Vietnam and the socio-cultural and political brouhaha of able to spill over into the railroad industry?
Anybody's insight on this would be appreciated.