UP Heritage Paint

navatex Nov 23, 2005

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  1. navatex

    navatex TrainBoard Member

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    Hope you guys don't mind a stranger posting here...I just found this board Sunday evening.

    On Sunday afternoon I was driving thru my little home town (Navasota, TX) and had to stop for a train. Anyone familiar with Navasota knows you can't pass thru here without having to wait for a train. First a two tone blue engine passes and I said "hey, that looks like the old MP war eagle!" and then right behind it was a red engine with KATY on it. WOW, that shot me back some years.

    I had not heard about the UP Heritage paint, so this was very interesting to me. As soon as the train passed, I rushed to another crossing to get a second look. Then rushed home to look it up online. What a day!

    Today, I was at the bank in Navasota which is next to the UP tracks. Lo and behold, the MP and KATY engines came thru again. UGGGGH, if I only had a camera with me! (kicks self)

    We won't talk about me not getting any pics of UP4141 when it was in nearby College Station.

    My camera will be in the car beginning tomorrow.
     
  2. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Navatex,
    Welcome aboard!!!
    Just about anytime I leave the house, I have some kind of camera wth me, for just the reasons you noted!!! I know the feeling...
    This one of a few shots I have of the units, at Borie, WY:

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  3. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Welcome aboard!

    Murphy's law strikes again. No camera= Something interesting seen! Gotta keep that camera with you at all times!!!

    :D

    Boxcab E50
     
  4. Flash Blackman

    Flash Blackman TrainBoard Member

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    Navatex: Welcome to Trainboard!! :D :D :D

    Looking forward to the new photos!
     
  5. John Barnhill

    John Barnhill TrainBoard Member

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    Welcome aboard!!! :D :D

    Here's a couple shots of the heritage units that are featured on my UP site:

    #1982 'MP' (Keith Belk):
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    #1983 'WP' (myself):
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    #1988 'Katy' (Keith Belk):
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    For more go to my UP SD70ACe page.
     
  6. Stourbridge Lion

    Stourbridge Lion TrainBoard Supporter

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    Hey Navatex, Welcome to TrainBoard!!!!!!!

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  7. friscobob

    friscobob Staff Member

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    Navatex: Welcome to Trainboard! You are no longer a stranger- c'mon in, set a spell! :D
     
  8. C40-9W

    C40-9W TrainBoard Member

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    I'm STILL waitin' to see the CNW repaint!
     
  9. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Me too--I have yet to catch the Katy unit! And I'm curious what they plan to do for a DRGW unit...
     
  10. Flash Blackman

    Flash Blackman TrainBoard Member

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    Are the trucks, fuel tank, and under carriage the same color on all these units so far? Thanks.

    Even the UP Presidential Library engine looks the same.
     
  11. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Yeah, it's all a silver-grey.. Silver is too labor-intensive to maintain, so they went with gray. That's what happens when you remove all your wash racks, doh!
     
  12. YoHo

    YoHo TrainBoard Supporter

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    Well at least a litt SP stayed with the Borg. Washing engines is for sissys.
     
  13. AKrrnut

    AKrrnut TrainBoard Member

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    YoHo,

    LOL!!! How true, how true!!! [​IMG]

    Pat
     
  14. William Cowie

    William Cowie TrainBoard Member

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    Someone said a while ago that the DRGW heritage paint scheme would have been done before year's end. Did that happen, or was that just a rumor?
     
  15. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    I think they are dragging their feet till all the real D&RGW units are Borged, er--patched....
     
  16. Sten

    Sten TrainBoard Member

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    if they put one style of the C&NW logo (in reagrds to wording) does that mean that the others are not covered by this copyright thingo. Or will the loco come out covered in logos. that goes the same for the others that had multiple styles of logo.
     
  17. TheS.P.Caboose

    TheS.P.Caboose TrainBoard Member

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    Nice shots of these units.

    I had the good fortune of seeing the UP1983 on the UP Coast Line this past August. It was the trailing unit of a three unit consist of the ILCOA train.
     
  18. espee raifan from France

    espee raifan from France TrainBoard Member

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    Any idea of when will UP repaint an ACe in

    SP scheme
    DRGW scheme

    It seems that nothing happened since the Katy one... a long time has passed since last unit.

    Has UP cancelled the heritage program, or what?

    Greetings from France,

    Jean-Edouard
     
  19. NSCALEMIKE

    NSCALEMIKE TrainBoard Member

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    Well Jean...

    The UP was supposedly going to release either the SP/DRGW unit at the end of 2005 or early 2006...It seems to be a hit...PR - wise, I am sure they plan on continuing the program...maybe the painting contractor is just busy?

    Mike
     
  20. NSCALEMIKE

    NSCALEMIKE TrainBoard Member

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    Here was the "MP" version...when it made it inaugural run west back in July of last year...on the point of a UP employee special, here in Vegas.

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