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You Never Know a What You Might Find.... - scubadude - 05-03-2015
While heading home from a Boy Scout scuba merit badge weekend, I was watching all along the UP mainline somewhere between Midland and Coahoma Texas. I usually see several long Intermodal trains from the west coast heading toward Ft Worth. I was about to pass another one in a siding up ahead when something was a little different than the familiar yellow and red monster diesels from The mighty UP.....wasn't sure what, but I kept going.....then I got to thinking to my self and I said "Self..you need to turn around and take a second look at that siding." So I did. Parked on the side of the road in rattlesnake country and headed off thru the thorns and bush in my flip flops and this is what I found.....
Re: You Never Know a What You Might Find.... - MountainMan - 05-04-2015
Cute...
Re: You Never Know a What You Might Find.... - eightyeightfan1 - 05-04-2015
That might be one of the UP's heritage units. Looks like the "bloody nose", might have pinked out. I think the UP numbered their units with the years that they merged with the railroad represented. Looks like the Southern Pacific unit has been re numbered and is patched.
Re: You Never Know a What You Might Find.... - Charlie B - 05-04-2015
There are still some of these patch jobs running though my home town on the NS Pittsburgh Line. I think UP is just going to use them up as is. I have seen 3 different numbers.
Charlie