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A Little Duct Tape and Baling Wire and She'll Be Good As New

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A Little Duct Tape and Baling Wire and She'll Be Good As New
Posted by wholeman on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:23 PM

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Posted by cudaken on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:31 PM

  Decoder looks a little rough!

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:35 PM

A rather "unique" form of air conditioning ----Whistling

Looks like something sideswiped it good and hard----hopefully no one was hurt

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Posted by locoi1sa on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 5:23 PM

   Looks like something the wife was driving.Whistling

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Posted by galaxy on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 5:49 PM

Naw. It'll take some duct tape and bailing wire AND BUBBLE GUM to fix that up right and purddy.

Talk about a bad day at the office.

Try explaining THAT one to your boss.

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Posted by duckdogger on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:25 PM

 Honestly, I think it will buff out.

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Posted by graphitehemi on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:15 PM
I kinda like the whole feng shui thing UP was going for there. Altho I'm still partial to the cab arrangement WC tried several years ago:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=32578&nseq=35

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Posted by Packer on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:16 PM

A little paint and bondo and it'll be good.

Anyone know what really happened?

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Posted by Allegheny2-6-6-6 on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:40 PM

 Nothing a 55 gallon drum of bondo couldn't fix

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Posted by last mountain & eastern hogger on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:45 PM

Whistling

OK, all the newbies step forward.  This is where you can practice your soldering.  But don't rush, this will definately take you more than a hour...Confused

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Posted by tugboat95 on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:26 PM

 I see your a tugboat engineer also.  Duct tape, Bondo and Bubble gum will fix anything

Now we're tugboatin!
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Posted by PA&ERR on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:30 PM

 That is the last time I complain about the cab not being air conditioned!

(I hope no one was hurt too!)

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Posted by cudaken on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:42 AM

  Looks like the dropped the last engine.

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Posted by Lee 1234 on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:24 AM
Got the locofax on this one. Model GP40 builder# 36400 date Apr 1970; original ROCK ISLAND 4714 to Union Pacific in 1980; #645 UP 645 was relettered to MP 645 in February 1985; leased to NdeM in October 1989 to January 1990; returned to UP after being wrecked (fire damage) while on lease to NdeM; relettered back from MP 645 to UP 645 on 25 January 1990; stored unserviceable; sold to National Railway Equipment, Dixmoor, Ill., 17 March 1993; to Missouri & Northern Arkansas (Railtex) 645. Renumbered MNA 4045. Sources Utah Rails, ROCK ISLAND TECHNICAL SOCIETY, Trainweb It was wrecked while leased and it's still out there on the MNA.

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Posted by garr on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:21 AM

graphitehemi
I kinda like the whole feng shui thing UP was going for there. Altho I'm still partial to the cab arrangement WC tried several years ago:

 

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=32578&nseq=35

 

 

That fuel tank is supporting a lot of weight. Are there vertical supports inside the tank or is there enough strength in the fuel tank end-sheets to support that kind of weight?

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Posted by garr on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:28 AM

wholeman

 

 

Actually this is the prototype unit of the "Full Visibility" program initiated by management. Any train service employee having issues with in-cab video will be assigned one of the "Full Visibility" units. Roll out is expected to be complete in 2013.

 

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Posted by G Paine on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:12 AM

I wonder about the "DO NOT BOARD" and "DO NOT OCCUPY" lettering on the short hood. Could this have been a radio controlled unit?

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Posted by Lee 1234 on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:01 PM
G Paine

I wonder about the "DO NOT BOARD" and "DO NOT OCCUPY" lettering on the short hood. Could this have been a radio controlled unit?

The UP was leasing units to NdeM including this one. The UP shop was doing the maintenance and struggled to keep enough power going because the lease units were in such poor shape. That makes me think they were running the thing just as pictured down in Mexico.

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, April 1, 2010 8:33 PM

G Paine

I wonder about the "DO NOT BOARD" and "DO NOT OCCUPY" lettering on the short hood. Could this have been a radio controlled unit?

I took that lettering to be added after it's accident. That is: in the shape it is in :STAY OUT!

I could be wrong, I've been wrong before and will again for certain.

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Posted by SteamFreak on Friday, April 2, 2010 1:44 AM

 That's a design UP was testing to see if it made trips to the McDonald's drive-thru any more efficient. Dinner

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