Looking at UP's North Little Rock locomotive shop on Google Maps, I saw this mystery loco sitting outside the west end of the building. At first, I thought it was the MoPac painted heritage unit (UP1982), but that doesn't have a silver hood as the unit in this pic does. Thoughts?
Looks like 4141 .. The President George H. W. Bush unit.
Could be the Bush 41 unit. Also, UP painted some units in the Maersk shipping line colors (very similar) from time to time as a salute to a good customer. Could be one of those.
Too bad the photo's not bigger.
Found the location ..
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7600115,-92.277348,247a,20y,41.69t/data=!3m1!1e3
It is UP 4141 painted in the George W. Bush scheme. The UP never painted a locomotive in the Maersk Lines paint scheme, that was the Santa Fe who painted a FP45 and a GP60M in a Warbonnet paint scheme using Maersk blue replacing Santa Fe red paint.
Here is a ground shot.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=491682&nseq=22
Thanks for the ID! Doing some further research, I couldn't identify the date of the current Google image, but it would appear that the loco has been parked there for several years! Looking back in Google earth to previous images, it's possible to find it parked there back several years.
No info about its disposition on the UP website either.
There are some interesting comments on the railpictures photo.
beaulieu It is UP 4141 painted in the George W. Bush scheme. The UP never painted a locomotive in the Maersk Lines paint scheme, that was the Santa Fe who painted a FP45 and a GP60M in a Warbonnet paint scheme using Maersk blue replacing Santa Fe red paint.
You're absolutely correct. I remembered UP running a Maersk train but forgot 3985 was pulling it, Maersk asked for and got a steam run. Why? 'Cause steam's cool!
Just checked the google maps link. The satelite image has been changed in the last week. Now it shows a tarp covered locomotive in the same track on the transfer table.
It is still visible on MSN maps. The location is the UP yard in North Little Rock, AR.
It definately is the George Bush 4141 unit. It's the same colors as Air Force One, and you can see the Presidential Seal below the cab.
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