The guys at the crossing must have thought...Uh Oh, Gonna be a L-O-O-O-N-G Train! [video=youtube;7MonfXuKuDU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MonfXuKuDU[/video]
Wow. Must've been even more impressive in person. I have to say, I do like seeing some green still out there, and I really got a kick out of the extra-jumbo Sharpie cross-outs!
Geez I've never seen so many in tow like that before. LOL and the Sharpie cross out was funny. Thanks for sharing
Pretty cool... the orange / red borg towing the yellow borg...what will they think of next ? Thanks for sharing !
Hank- Look at their cabs as they pass. Spray painted on, you can see "NREX". Which is National Railway Equipment Company. http://www.nationalrailway.com/locomotives/used-locomotives
Now for the magic question. How many engines in total were there? :question: I know you counted them...lol
Hmm, seems we have a lot of second or third generation diseasels moving around. The thread from Newberry Springs, plus this one. I can't help but wonder if that majority of tunnel motors in that drag are ex-Southern Pacific? :wideeyes:
I grabbed one unit number and checked around. That specific engine was definitely ex-SP. Am trying to recall what happened to the ex-D&RGW units, but I'd guess these were all ex-SP.
One would have to say yes, as UP certainly didn't acquire any from anyone else. In the sense that all the DRG&W became SP after the merger, pretty much all tunnel motors are ex-SP.
29 of them were tunnels...and a good number were SD45-T2's...the 45's are all ex-SP...I wanted to resue the tunnels, but my wife said no
They were SP, form my recolection those units were part of a bigger tunnel motor storage in Northport NE for a while in late2008. I came back with a camera then they were gone...
Okay, weird question about an impressive display, but since it was originally mentioned.... How long of a train could that locomotive consist actually pull. I know the numbers of torque and horsepower has to be staggering.
