Rough Ride!

[chefjavier]

http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=42846

What happen to this locomotive? On the notes it said,"Deliver New". I think it got rough on the way to delivery.

[silicon212]

Delivered new, in 1999.  This pic is from '05.  My guess is that it performed a 'grade crossing purification ritual', and some debris made its way over to the conductor catwalk.

[cprted]

"Delivered New" indicates that UP bought the locomotive from the manufacturer, not second/third/fourth hand.

[cnwfan51]

    I can tell you its been repaired and back in service Had the unit last week on an empty coal train from Boone to Fremont Nebraska

[clash]

Lokks like it was involved in a grade crossing accident.

[chefjavier]

Lokks like it was involved in a grade crossing accident.

Are you sure? I see the front, side and back damage.. What would make damage in three sides?

[da_kraut]

Hi,

silicon212 you really got me laughing with 'grade crossing purification ritual', love that phrase.

Frank 

[ndbprr]

It could also have been side swiped by something on a passing train like a beam or piece from a lumber load since the plow is bent and there is a hole in the vent and a scrape on the fuel tank. An impact at a grade crossing would not have made multiple impacts like that would it?

[beaulieu]

Typical damage for a grade crossing collision with a semi. As the locomotive cuts through the trailer, the broken halves of the semi-truck wrap around and hit the sides of the locomotive.