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Union pacific name crossed out
Posted by dh28473 on Saturday, April 6, 2019 3:07 PM

I saw this in a consist of cn locos.Where would it come from?

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Posted by dh28473 on Saturday, April 6, 2019 3:08 PM
Sorry i forgot it was a loco in the cn consist
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Posted by ATSFGuy on Saturday, April 6, 2019 5:51 PM

Did you take a picture?

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Posted by ATSFGuy on Saturday, April 6, 2019 5:52 PM

Did you happen to take a picture?

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Posted by NorthWest on Saturday, April 6, 2019 8:34 PM

C40-8W that UP sold back to General Electric. A bunch of them are leased by CN and are running around with GECX reporting marks. The line through the UP lettering and logo is to make it clear that it is no longer a UP engine.

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Posted by dh28473 on Monday, April 8, 2019 6:39 PM
Thats whst i thought
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Posted by samfp1943 on Monday, April 8, 2019 10:12 PM

NorthWest

C40-8W that UP sold back to General Electric. A bunch of them are leased by CN and are running around with GECX reporting marks. The line through the UP lettering and logo is to make it clear that it is no longer a UP engine.

 

               The black line drawn throught the Corporate name: 'Union Pacific' on locomotives removed from their corporate fleet; is a common practice to indicate that particular unit is no longer counted as theirs [ UP's] .  They can then be run under a different owners system, until re-numbered, or re-painted, into a new scheme. 

    Several years back WATCO ran a fleet of 6 motored locomotives, formerly UPRR units, on their 'then new' A&O RR; until they lost out, and CSX reclaimed that property(?). Those untils were then brought back to this area, and ran til they were eventually, repainted into WATCO's black and yellow color scheme. My guess is that each major railroad handles their fleet removals to suit their own needs(?).

 

           

 

 


 

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 10:42 AM

AAR practice/ rule  ("whitelining")

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by SD70Dude on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 11:12 AM

A bunch of ex-CSX Dash-8's and BNSF/Santa Fe SD75's got the same treatment.  CN was leasing anything they could get their hands on this past year.  With many new GE AC units now being delivered the leasers are starting to be returned. 

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Posted by traisessive1 on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 3:32 PM

Don't forget the ex SOO CEFX engines!

10000 feet and no dynamics? Today is going to be a good day ... 

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