Fans of the Union Pacific

[Anonymous]

I want to start off on a new leaf. So naturally, the first people that I want to make ammends with will be the UP fans. So come on in and lets talk Union Pacific.

[Anonymous]

Hot diggity, count me in!

[Anonymous]

Well hotdog, we got us a party going on now.

[Marty Cozad]

U.P.,,,Never heard of them???[;)]

[trainfreek92]

I like the up but i model New England. i might run a up visitor to the railrod.....

[Anonymous]

Upper Peninsula, eh?

[jecorbett]

My first layout was a freelanced UP. I love UP's big steam and those armour yellow diesels and passenger cars. I used to buy anything with UP on it. I think the owner of my local HS figured that out. Then along came George Selios and his magnificent Franklin and South Manchester. I knew my next layout would include a large urban setting so I went east and am freelancing my own railroad. I'm hanging on to the old UP stuff. I'm toying with the idea of a scenario in which my financially distressed railroad cannot afford to complete dieselization so as a temporary upgrade to their fleet, they lease steam pwer from more prosperous roads which are completing dieselization. It will give me an excuse to run my Northerns, Challengers, and Big Boys on my eastern seaboard layout. Sound plausible?

[Anonymous]

I model the UP, and railfan it constantly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to start frequenting this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Redneck Railfan!

[Marty Cozad]

What more can be said???[;)]

[Anonymous]

WOW!!!!!

[Anonymous]

I must say Chris that you have been more than kind to me given my previous track record. Marty, as for you I would apprciate the chance to swap some stories with a modeller such as yourself, and those are some great pictures.

[Anonymous]

Looks like we got ourselves a real shindig.

[Anonymous]

Lotus 098, what part of the UP, if any at all, do you model?

[Anonymous]

I model a fiction branchline in Idaho, in the summer of 1954. It leaves the UP at a spot called Podunk Junction and in theroy heads off into the Owhyees. Unfortunately I only have a 4x8 which could be any typical small western town.

Here are some shots I got while railfanning the local line.


Then I saw something special.


That last one I thought was interesting, not train related, but interesting. Let me know if these need to be links.

[Anonymous]

I only model the UP in G scale and N scale. My HO line is a freelanced shortline where the UP has trackage rights and frequently uses them.

[Anonymous]

I have pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!











These are all taken by me they are sme of my best UP shots ... what do you guys think??

[Anonymous]

WOW!!!!!!! What camera do you use? Why are they all from the same anlge with blue skies? With those skills you need to expand.

[Anonymous]

Oh thanks!!!!! [:D] The first two and the last one are taken with a Sony Cyber Shot 3.2 megapixel point and shoot thing and the rest are taken with my dads Nikon D70 digital SLR that he is kind enough to let me use. About the angles and blue skies, those pics can also be seen on railpictures.net, they are a very very very picky wbsite, and they only take blues sky shots. I do need to experiment with differen angles. To see the rest of my my work click on the link in my sig.!!

[loathar]

rgroeling-Great pics! Iwas going to model CP Rail but it's too hard to find their stuff where I live. I decided to go with CSX and UP with a little CP thrown in. I was surprised to see some pics of CSX and UP running in a consist so I figured ,What the heck?

[Anonymous]

I know, it's half-crap. It was coming through Kayne fast, though, and I had to get the shot off. It was taken at Kayne Yard in Nashville, TN. I took it off the balcony of Union Station, now a Wyndham hotel.

[Anonymous]

Ooooooooo tunnel motor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

One more. Same train as above.-I mean on the previous page.[:o)] Same location, as well.

Loathar: Those were running on CSX tracks. I also have a picture of a BNSF locomotive on a CSX freight.

[Anonymous]

I guess what really got me started on UP was the purchase of a pair of Southern Tier Modelworks UP locomotives. I have now incorporated UP into my new layout. I basically have CSX/UP, with BNSF rights on the UP tracks and NS rights on the CSX tracks.

I'm going to need a huge lower-level staging yard.[8D]

Does anybody know a spot where CSX and UP tracks meet? I know there are thousands of them...

Since I live in Tennessee, I really never see any UP to speak of, except for trips to Nashville and other areas.

Great thread, Eric!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by uspscsx


I know, it's half-crap. It was coming through Kayne fast, though, and I had to get the shot off. It was taken at Kayne Yard in Nashville, TN. I took it off the balcony of Union Station, now a Wyndham hotel.

Hey Matt, here's another Espee for ya -


I see UP motive power all the time on the CSX Old Main Line near my house, so I could run it on my model pike. Be awhile before I can afford any new motive power though....

[Anonymous]

I once saw on old D&RGW unit. But I couldn't get a picture of it because of the trees in front of where it was parked.[banghead][banghead][banghead]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

I once saw on old D&RGW unit. But I couldn't get a picture of it because of the trees in front of where it was parked.[banghead][banghead][banghead]

Funny you should mention D&RGW. I saw(and have photos of...but they're film)a D&RGW Geep, probably a 40 or 40-2. It was unpatched, and switching my local yard. This was back in, say, 1998 or 1999. Is this weird, or was there still unpatched D&RGW's running around?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by KenLarsen

Hey Matt, here's another Espee for ya -
http://www.railimages.com/albums/kenlarsen/abk.jpg

I see UP motive power all the time on the CSX Old Main Line near my house, so I could run it on my model pike. Be awhile before I can afford any new motive power though....

Ahh yes, another UP unit leased to the leasers. I've seen several UP units with yellow, red, and/or black tape through the UP lettering and logo. They kept the same number and added their reporting marks. I assume UP leased these to the leasing companies, because most of the ones I've seen are modern locomotives.

[Anonymous]

Please tell me that I ain't the only one here that is a complete fanatic over the UP Big Boy.

[Anonymous]

No, I like em. My dad has a nice model of one.

[Anonymous]

I have 5. Three HO models and two O scale models, one of which is brass.