New UP 3033 – An SD70ACe-T4!!! And Nostalgia!
According to …
http://thedieselshop.us/UP.HTML (dated December 6, 2016)
… UP is received 100 SD70ACe-T4’s right now!
This forum contributor was expecting ET44AC’s when new deliveries got to 2999 the 3000’s would continue the model. But, surprise, the SD70ACe-T4 was chosen to do so instead.
Just about 50 years ago new EMD eastbound SD40 UP 3033 (a brand new model and unit) was seen near AT&SF’s Highland Jct. in San Bernardino, CA. It was gleaming in the night light, in Run 8 heading to Cajon Pass.
Now, 50 years later, a NEW Tier 4 model of the same number, UP 3033, will eventually go by that same place in San Bernardino.
It is amazing that some unit numbers seen 50 years ago are as vivid today as they were 50 years ago, and new SERIES numbers sometimes repeat old but then new SERIES numbers ...
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