01-13-2011, 01:38 PM
Jim From MT Wrote:Is it really abandoned or just long term storage? The UP has never been known for keeping their equipment looking spiffy.
Modelers note: UP equipment needs three colors for weathering, rust, dust and grimey black.
Since the economic downturn there a lot of unused cars of all types filling sidings and branchlines here in Montana.
I have noticed that other states have their share too. South of Olympia, WA along Interstate 5 there are several miles of container cars sitting idle, slowly gathering rust. Jim K.
Severely rusted, including trucks, wheels, couplers and all. Some of them I could probably know a hole in with a hammer against the sides. These cars have been left in the same place in the severe Colorado weather for many years, probably well over a decade.
All in all, I would have to say abandoned.