UNpatched in 2006? Certainly must be one of a few remaining. A pair of UP Deuces slumber on a Cheyenne summer night:
BNSF SD40-2 #7064 (ex-BN 7064). Built July 1978, taken in Temple, Texas. BNSF SD45-2 #s 6492 and 6495 (ex-ATSF 5702 and 5635 respectively). Built in May 1973 and 1972, rebuilt in October and November 1986, taken in Temple, Texas. Canadian National SD40-2W #5358. Built in December 1980. Taken in Temple, Texas. Union Pacific diesels at the head of an empty gondola train on the old Missouri Pacific line through Austin, Texas. The two trailing engines are UP SD40-2 #3309, built July 1976, and UP SD60 #2166, built April 1986. Taken on MoPac Blvd.
Passing the Union Pacific diesels on MoPac, now the lead engine can be identified as Union Pacific SD40T-2 #2945 (ex-SP 8289), and built in July 1980. Locomtive Leasing Partners SD38-2 #2803 leading several AUAR SD40-2s at the front of a train of 50 empty gondolas. Taken in Bertram, Texas. AUAR SD40-2s #s 3002 & 3001 at the head of a AUAR train at Bertram, Texas.
Northbound BNSF stacker rolling slowly at 10 MPH over the Happy Jack Road tunnel, Cheyenne, WY. Shot July 2005. Trailing unit is ex-BN, lead is one of the SD70MACs built for coal train service. Ahead of this train is the ex-C&S yard.
