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Scott Siebler
November 6th, 2000, 04:20 AM
Is SD40-2 #3242 still in service and does it have the We Will Deliver slogan in black letters on the long hood? A picture would be apreciated.
Harron
November 6th, 2000, 05:08 AM
Up trace shows UP 3242 Departing Barrington, IL at 21:41 tonight, and scheduled to arrive 03:52 Tuesday morning at Bluearth, MN.

Looking at my roster and renumber scheme, this series of SD40-2s will not be renumbered, so they probably will only be repainted at time of major service.

Sorry, I looked but couldn't find a picture of this loco.




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Corey Lynch
Pres - Rensselaer Model RR Society
NEB&W RR
http://www.rpi.edu/~lynchc/Railfanning/railfanning.htm - My Site
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Scott Siebler
November 6th, 2000, 10:41 PM
Thanks!
CPRailfan
November 7th, 2000, 01:50 AM
Hey Corey, what's this "UP trace" thing. I take it that it traces UP locomotives, and their departures/destinations. WHat is it exactly, and where could I get it. It would be a good help since UP runs trains through my home town of Milwaukee.

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Drew

WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD.
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Kevin Stevens
November 7th, 2000, 03:24 AM
The link to UP's Public Equipment Trace is: my.uprr.com/pub/pet (http://my.uprr.com/pub/pet)
Using the equipment identification (it traces freight cars also) such as UP3242 or SP9820, it gives you the equipment's latest location and destination (if a destination is assigned). I recently used it to trace the progress of the Engineering specila with UP6936.

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Kevin Stevens
www.trainweb.org/KernJunction (http://www.trainweb.org/KernJunction)
Harron
November 7th, 2000, 03:59 AM
Kevin is exactly right. It is pretty much the AEI tag readers available to all the public. You can read anything that has passed a reader on the system. So, if there is a CSX loco on the system, you can trace it. BNSF - trace it, DTTX - trace it. You get the picture.

All you need to follow a train is a "trace car", which in Kevin's case was UP 6936 (actually a loco). You can use a loco, but there is no guarantee the power won't change on you. That's why I recommend a car if you're tracing a train. For those specific locos, just put em in!!

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Corey Lynch
Pres - Rensselaer Model RR Society
NEB&W RR
http://www.rpi.edu/~lynchc/Railfanning/railfanning.htm - My Site
http://www.union.rpi.edu/railroad/ - NEB&W