Butler Yard (11-4-00, 5 PM CT)

[CPRailfan]

Tonight I stopped by my second home, UP's Butler Yard. The sun had just set, and some red signals stopped train MPRIT. Train MPRIT had the following power: UP #3775 and a SP tunnel motor # 8531 with the "Southern Pacific" painted off. Over by the fueling pad, there wer numerous UP locomotives and a NS unit(another NS sighting). There was also a Duluth bound grain train waiting for departure. BUT the rare sighting was this:
I saw what looked like a yellow bus with a red "cow catcher". It was a UP locomotive of some sort, but I didn't have the Binoculars so I couldn't see the number. Does anybody know what kind of locomotive this is?

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Drew

WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD.
http://wcleastdiv.railfan.net/safety1.jpg

[tunnel88]

Possibly a track geometry car? I remember my brother described seeing a "huge bus-like train with lots of windows" and that's what i figured it was cause i remember seeing an Overland model picture... http://www.trainboard.com/biggrin.gif

[Colonel]

It is probably a Speno car it is used to detedt rail flaws etc. they run along the line and use ultrasonics to check for hairline cracks or broken crossings

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Regards

Paul Cassar-# Member number 50
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[CPRailfan]

Thanks tunnel! Thanks Paul! I'd never seen one in real life, or even in a magazine before, so it was a surprise. But now, thanks to you guys, I know what it is http://www.trainboard.com/smile.gif

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Drew

WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD.
http://wcleastdiv.railfan.net/safety1.jpg