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UP stored locomotives at Seattle

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Posted by trainfan1221 on Saturday, April 11, 2009 3:01 PM

Yeah time does go fast.  The SD60s didn't seem to have the old cab for long, one of the first models to really bring the wide cab into existence if I recall.

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Posted by tery84_trainee on Friday, April 10, 2009 3:20 PM

 anyone got a pic of the line up

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Posted by silicon212 on Friday, April 10, 2009 12:50 AM

I never got used to the tricloptic appearance of those units, either.  Keep in mind those things are now 20 years old, doesn't seem like it's been that long.

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Posted by trainfan1221 on Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:22 PM

I think this is something that is being seen on all railroads right now, a sad sign of the times.  I never liked the appearance of those three piece windshield units. But I would rather see them on the road than being stored.

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UP stored locomotives at Seattle
Posted by electroscribe on Thursday, April 9, 2009 5:50 PM

Noticed a long line of stored UP locomotives at Van Asselt south of Seattle, including a number of original-format SD60Ms (with the three-piece windshield). Does anyone know how many are stored -- and what their likely outcome would be. Some of them looked pretty ragged.

JL

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