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Utah belt completely fictional?

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THayman
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Utah belt completely fictional?
Posted by THayman on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:14 AM
Is Eric Brooman's Utah Belt a completely fictional railroad, or is there a prototype? I was sure I saw some pics of real Utah Belt diesels somewhere, but I could be wrong.

-Tim

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Posted by BentnoseWillie on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:51 AM
The UB is a fictional railroad that follows certain prototype practices of western lines.

There are no prototype locomotives wearing UB paint.
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ndbprr
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Posted by ndbprr on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:53 AM
100% fictional. If I remember correctly it even runs north and south rather than east and west.
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Posted by cacole on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:38 AM
There is a line called The Utah Railway but no Utah Belt.
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THayman
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Posted by THayman on Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:10 AM
I guess it would have been Utah RR locos I saw. Still, Eric does such an incredible job, I have little difficulty imagining the Utah Belt to be real.

-Tim

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:03 PM
what about the UB part of this months mag?
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trainboyH16-44
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Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:08 PM
Which mag?

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Posted by andrechapelon on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:12 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by trainboyH16-44

Which mag?


MR. There's an article about the final run of UB's SD-9's.

Brooman started out as an SP modeler and even after going over to the free-lance side equipped his locomotives with SP style light groups for quite a while.

Andre
It's really kind of hard to support your local hobby shop when the nearest hobby shop that's worth the name is a 150 mile roundtrip.
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AztecEagle
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Posted by AztecEagle on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:16 PM
Completely Fictional.He Does A Great Job Though.
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Posted by railroadyoshi on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:18 PM
He odes do an awesome job. And congrats to him for getting the front page of GMR
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:19 PM
One-hundred and fifty percent fictional. As stated before, he does a great job.
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trainboyH16-44
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Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 8:29 PM
Ah, of course. I thought it might be TRAINS!
This just goes to show that he's a good modeller, keeping up with the times. (No matter what I said on that other thread)
Matthew

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:28 PM
he needs to add SD70ACes to his rooster(:
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 10:04 PM
I have been wondering also about whether or not the Utah Belt is real or fictional. I tried to look them up on the internet but couldn't find anything. I'm glad somebody asked this question and I'm glad people replied to it.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:01 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by bassmaster

he needs to add SD70ACes to his rooster(:
Then UP can do a commemorative Utah Belt loco, the first in their "Great Model Railroads" series, since they seem to be doing commemoratives for everything else![:D]
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Posted by rlandry6 on Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:42 AM
Is the issue out yet that has the Utah belt in it. I havn't seen it at my LHS.
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Posted by KBCpresident on Friday, September 1, 2006 10:32 PM
I'm looking for a good picture of UB Fs. I s there any way to get a picture of ne

The Beaverton, Fanno Creek & Bull Mountain Railroad

"Ruby Line Service"

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Posted by andrechapelon on Saturday, September 2, 2006 3:34 PM

 KBCpresident wrote:
I'm looking for a good picture of UB Fs. I s there any way to get a picture of ne

IIRC, there was an article in the July, 1982,  RMC about the final runs of UB F's with pictures and all. Check out RMC to see if they have back issues for that month. There were also pictures of UB F's in the April, 1978, RMC as well as the May, 1981 issue. Seems to me there was also at least one picture of UB F's in the 1997 issue of Great Model Railroads. That issue might still be available from Kalmbach.

Hope this helps.

Andre

 

It's really kind of hard to support your local hobby shop when the nearest hobby shop that's worth the name is a 150 mile roundtrip.
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Posted by accord1959 on Saturday, September 2, 2006 8:20 PM

Excellent  job, and did anybody notice in next months MR we'll get a peek at Pelle's final product. I can't wait!!! I am a Union Pacific modeler too!

 

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zxb1
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Posted by zxb1 on Saturday, September 2, 2006 10:40 PM
It's because of Mr. Broomans utah belt, that I came up with my own fictional railroad the northern & atlantic. I must say it is quite a bit of work & imagination to create your own fictional railroad.
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Posted by conagher on Sunday, September 3, 2006 12:40 AM

 THayman wrote:
I guess it would have been Utah RR locos I saw. Still, Eric does such an incredible job, I have little difficulty imagining the Utah Belt to be real.

Kinda like Joe's Siskiyou Line...the realism is so awesome, I sometimes have to look twice to be certain it's a layout and not the prototype I'm looking at.

Mac

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Posted by ozzy01 on Sunday, September 3, 2006 1:14 PM

 andrechapelon wrote:
QUOTE: Originally posted by trainboyH16-44

Which mag?


MR. There's an article about the final run of UB's SD-9's.

Brooman started out as an SP modeler and even after going over to the free-lance side equipped his locomotives with SP style light groups for quite a while.

Andre

Look in the Oct. '05 issue of MR. Starts on page 68.

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Posted by KBCpresident on Friday, September 8, 2006 6:40 PM
Not if you have a good imagination to stat with!!

The Beaverton, Fanno Creek & Bull Mountain Railroad

"Ruby Line Service"

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 9, 2006 9:04 AM

 GrayLoess wrote:
QUOTE: Originally posted by bassmaster

he needs to add SD70ACes to his rooster(:
Then UP can do a commemorative Utah Belt loco, the first in their "Great Model Railroads" series, since they seem to be doing commemoratives for everything else!Big Smile [:D]

Could you picture Utah Belt, V&O, F&SM, Ohio Southern and G&D SD70ACes?Tongue [:P]

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