UP 150 years
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:04 amUP DDA40X 6938 displayed at UP’s North Little Rock, Arkansas Yard, displayed for UP’s 150 years of existence. The DDA40X is the largest diesel locomotive ever made.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:04 amRe: UP 150 years
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:18 pmI believe there’s another at the old WP Museum in Portola, CA too……. UP Monsters!
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 2:25 pmHave there been any commemorative paint schemes announced, or already unveiled?
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 6:14 pmThere is one at the Illinois Railroad Museum also.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:58 pmbuzz456 wrote:UP DDA40X 6938 displayed at UP’s North Little Rock, Arkansas Yard, displayed for UP’s 150 years of existence. The DDA40X is the largest diesel locomotive ever made.
Buzz,it is a decent sized locomotive,but this will give you a little perspective,in N Scale. I am not trying to steal the anniversary thunder. (Well,maybe a little) Upon further review,you did say diesel.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:07 pmWhat is that thing?
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:11 pmThe 6936, which is part of the UP museum collection, got a "winged" logo when it was refurbished.
And at least one got a siren mounted on it's cab roof. I guess if you were living in Nebraska or Wyoming during the cold war, and the Russians were attacking Omaha or Green River... and the LAX mail or the California livestock special happened to be blasting through town with the siren blaring, you'd know it was time to take shelter. That or it was one heck of a grade crossing horn that would peg out decibel meters for miles around.
And at least one got a siren mounted on it's cab roof. I guess if you were living in Nebraska or Wyoming during the cold war, and the Russians were attacking Omaha or Green River... and the LAX mail or the California livestock special happened to be blasting through town with the siren blaring, you'd know it was time to take shelter. That or it was one heck of a grade crossing horn that would peg out decibel meters for miles around.
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:15 pmcnwfan wrote:The 6936, which is part of the UP museum collection, got a "winged" logo when it was refurbished.
And at least one got a siren mounted on it's cab roof. I guess if you were living in Nebraska or Wyoming during the cold war, and the Russians were attacking Omaha or Green River... and the LAX mail or the California livestock special happened to be blasting through town with the siren blaring, you'd know it was time to take shelter. That or it was one heck of a grade crossing horn that would peg out decibel meters for miles around.
IIRC the siren was an alternative used to alert MOW crews
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:27 pmRAILSOHIO wrote:buzz456 wrote:UP DDA40X 6938 displayed at UP’s North Little Rock, Arkansas Yard, displayed for UP’s 150 years of existence. The DDA40X is the largest diesel locomotive ever made.
Buzz,it is a decent sized locomotive,but this will give you a little perspective,in N Scale. I am not trying to steal the anniversary thunder. (Well,maybe a little) Upon further review,you did say diesel.
Also, the Jawn Henry is a Steam Turbine, not a diesel
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:55 pmgtrtroger wrote:I believe there’s another at the old WP Museum in Portola, CA too……. UP Monsters!
https://www.wplives.org/locomotivepages/up6946.html
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Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:12 pmbuzz456 wrote:What is that thing?
I edited my post,as I missed that you specifically said "Diesel". Caught that after posting. As some else posted,It's the Norfolk and Western's coal-fired steam electric turbine. I built in in N Scale about 15 years ago.
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:12 pmcnwfan wrote:The 6936, which is part of the UP museum collection, got a "winged" logo when it was refurbished.
And at least one got a siren mounted on it's cab roof. I guess if you were living in Nebraska or Wyoming during the cold war, and the Russians were attacking Omaha or Green River... and the LAX mail or the California livestock special happened to be blasting through town with the siren blaring, you'd know it was time to take shelter. That or it was one heck of a grade crossing horn that would peg out decibel meters for miles around.
What would that have even sounded like?