U18B on an Eastbound UP Manifest.

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:46 AM

10:42am.
An Eastbound UP Manifest heading for the Chicago area has a Grey&Blue GE U18B on the rear of the Train.

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CShaveRR

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Posted by CShaveRR on Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:53 AM

Oh, goody! I may get to see it in about ten days or so...[}:)]

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:03 AM

How old is a U18B?

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:03 AM

How cool! I was always a fan of GE's Baby boats.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:15 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by taylorl

How old is a U18B?

The U18B was built from March 1973 until October 1976. A total of 163 were produced for the US (118) and Mexico (45).

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oskar

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Posted by oskar on Saturday, January 22, 2005 12:56 PM

dose anyone know where it is going hpefully it is not going to scrap

kevin

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:19 PM

Is's on it's way to Chicago in Iowa right now.

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locomutt

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Posted by locomutt on Saturday, January 22, 2005 4:18 PM

NOW THAT's kind of a 'rare' sighting![:O]
Carl,if you do see it,try to let us know.
(and try your hand with a camera,that would be a great picture)[:D]

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 6:39 PM

The U18B was built from March 1973 until October 1976. A total of 163 were produced for the US (118) and Mexico (45).
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Thanks Mike

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oskar

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Posted by oskar on Saturday, January 22, 2005 7:04 PM

who dose the U18B own to??

kevin

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CShaveRR

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Posted by CShaveRR on Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:34 PM

I could have checked on it had I known reporting mark and number. Despite what I said before, I fear that tomorrow evening might be too late.

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Posted by ericsp on Sunday, January 23, 2005 2:16 AM

I wonder if it is an ex-CSXT locomotive with a shortline. Did the paint scheme look like this?

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 23, 2005 8:25 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp

I wonder if it is an ex-CSXT locomotive with a shortline. Did the paint scheme look like this?

Yes. But it did not have the CSXT on the side.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 23, 2005 8:28 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSF railfan.

QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp

I wonder if it is an ex-CSXT locomotive with a shortline. Did the paint scheme look like this?

Yes. But it did not have the CSXT on the side.