"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes QUOTE: Originally posted by alstom SSW (Cotton Belt) locos are no more as they are spotted in HLCX's fleet. Sorry. Some SSW units went to be leased units however, there are a number of SSW units still running on UP. I have seen some just this last week.
QUOTE: Originally posted by alstom SSW (Cotton Belt) locos are no more as they are spotted in HLCX's fleet. Sorry.
QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033 Seen today going past the house at Lawton, NV (MP236) on an eastbound empty unit coal train was patched AC4400CW UP 6329. Empty coal trains haven't been regular on the Donner line since UP started running things. The regular coal movements were moved to the Las Vegas line, me thinks. Jim
QUOTE: Originally posted by 06archerd i saw a up grain train in wichita kansas last week with a dash 9 sp then today i saw an extremly faded ssw gp40
QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas Then I'll expect you to be out there with your camera....Right....hu...hu...[swg]
Originally posted by ericsp [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 31, 2005 10:59 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp I saw SP 8632 again today. Ericsp, I keep looking out the window hoping to see some Espee power go by the house. But still haven't caught a one, patched or unpatched. I was thinking maybe would see one slip by on the Fresno-North Platt manifests, but nothing. Jim Reply Edit ericsp Member sinceMay 2015 5,134 posts Posted by ericsp on Sunday, July 31, 2005 10:24 PM I saw SP 8632 again today. "No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld) Reply UPTRAIN Member sinceJune 2002 From: Independence, MO 1,570 posts Posted by UPTRAIN on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:27 PM http://uptrain.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=39680 I hear that's still in Springfield. http://uptrain.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=27690 Still assigned to the local, saw it go by today. http://uptrain.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=28186 TEBU at NRC in Mount Vernon, IL. http://uptrain.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=5967 A few weeks ago. http://uptrain.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=8405 Back in April, hear it's still around. http://uptrain.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=33296 Saw it in St. Louis a few weeks back. http://uptrain.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=27388 Heard it's stil around. http://uptrain.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=15430 Saw it in May. Gone from that local now, not sure where it is...UP 189 is in Camden, AR for 17 weeks. All I got, if I see another one, I'll post. Pump Reply wctransfer Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: New Brighton, Minnesota 1,493 posts Posted by wctransfer on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:46 PM I have seen a lot of SP units up at New Brighton Minnesota on coal trains. All of the SP units ive seen have been un patched. Alec Check out my pics! [url="http://wctransfer.rrpicturearchives.net/"] http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=8714 Reply ericsp Member sinceMay 2015 5,134 posts Posted by ericsp on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:40 PM I saw SP 8594, SP 8621, and SP 8632 today. The SP 8621 was on the QFRNPP, so anyone in the Roseville area should keep an eye out for it. It appears that UP still changes the locomotives on the QFRNPP at Roseville, so I doubt it will go any further than Roseville. "No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld) Reply chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:11 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by smalling_60626 Eric, the anvil was my way of describing the perpendicular, 90-degree quality that the exhaust fans make sticking out from the narrower engine body. While we're on the subject, are you in good with the Man Upstairs? Because shortly after I put my first post here, I reached for a cigar and from beneath the box fluttered a photo of a (July 4, Rochelle) espee loco that demostrates the principle very well. This is especially true because the (then) front end, along with said metaphorical anvil, are in espee red. This is the only loco hauling what appears to be an empty unit train, which would be pretty weird because it's EMPTY and heading EAST toward Northeastern Illinois and Chicago! Another (slight) weirdity is that the loco is being operated cab-backward, so to speak, so I get a great view of "catfish whisker" guardrails on the front -- they and the ones on the side are of a light metal, unlike the struts underneath the ones on the side, which look black. The drawback is that serial no. is not to be seen. If you'd like to e-mail me at smalling_60626@yahoo.com, I'll be happy to "snail mail" you the photo in question. Sorry, but I haven't gone digital yet. Allen Smalling It sounds to me like your refering to the flared radiators on an SD45 body. This was a feature on SD45 models. A true SD45 is a rarity these days but Morison Knudson rebuilt a bunch of them into SD40M-2s for SP. The SD45s originaly had 20 cylinder engines and to get the needed extra cooling capacity they "flaired" the radiators. Is this what you are talking about? Reply ericsp Member sinceMay 2015 5,134 posts Posted by ericsp on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:07 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken SP 100 Class C44AC's are a daily sight on the Moffat Tunnel route hauling coal out of Routt County and Paonia/Hotchkiss I hear that they are common on coal trains. If UP would swap some of the UP painted AC power for its grain trains for those SP AC4400CWs I could see more. Occasionally one of those SP units will come through here on a grain train. "No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld) Reply ericsp Member sinceMay 2015 5,134 posts Posted by ericsp on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:48 PM I do not recall hearing of a locomotive with exhaust fans. Your description sounds like the dynamic brake housing of a GP60. The exhaust "stack" is by the dynamic brake cooling fan. Here is a photograph of SP 9717 and a photograph of the top of SP 9601 with the older design of dynamic brake housing. "No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld) Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:31 PM SP 100 Class C44AC's are a daily sight on the Moffat Tunnel route hauling coal out of Routt County and Paonia/Hotchkiss Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:28 PM Eric, the anvil was my way of describing the perpendicular, 90-degree quality that the exhaust fans make sticking out from the narrower engine body. While we're on the subject, are you in good with the Man Upstairs? Because shortly after I put my first post here, I reached for a cigar and from beneath the box fluttered a photo of a (July 4, Rochelle) espee loco that demostrates the principle very well. This is especially true because the (then) front end, along with said metaphorical anvil, are in espee red. This is the only loco hauling what appears to be an empty unit train, which would be pretty weird because it's EMPTY and heading EAST toward Northeastern Illinois and Chicago! Another (slight) weirdity is that the loco is being operated cab-backward, so to speak, so I get a great view of "catfish whisker" guardrails on the front -- they and the ones on the side are of a light metal, unlike the struts underneath the ones on the side, which look black. The drawback is that serial no. is not to be seen. If you'd like to e-mail me at smalling_60626@yahoo.com, I'll be happy to "snail mail" you the photo in question. Sorry, but I haven't gone digital yet. Allen Smalling Reply Edit ericsp Member sinceMay 2015 5,134 posts Posted by ericsp on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:14 PM I saw SP 8594 (again) and SP 8632 today. "No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld) Reply ericsp Member sinceMay 2015 5,134 posts Posted by ericsp on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:49 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by uspscsx QUOTE: Originally posted by smalling_60626 ...but the espees I've seen there have a distinct "anvil" quality in the perpendicular arrangement of their (one per side) exhaust fans. I don't think it's a Jeep 38, but what would it be? It's definitely older, smaller and differently configured than Uncle Pete's latest showboats. This is probably a stupid guess, but I'd say a GP40X? Maybe?[X-)] Unless UP brought back a SP GP40X or two, there are no more SP GP40X. The only four axle SP locomotive around are GP38-2 (although they may all be patched by now), GP40-2, and GP60. When you say "have a distinct "anvil" quality in the perpendicular arrangement of their (one per side) exhaust fan" are you refering to the dynamic brake housing? If so, maybe it was a GP60. Remember, just because a SP unit looks old does not mean it is old. "No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld) Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:42 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by smalling_60626 ...but the espees I've seen there have a distinct "anvil" quality in the perpendicular arrangement of their (one per side) exhaust fans. I don't think it's a Jeep 38, but what would it be? It's definitely older, smaller and differently configured than Uncle Pete's latest showboats. This is probably a stupid guess, but I'd say a GP40X? Maybe?[X-)] Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:13 PM spbed was right. I see espee loco's every time I'm at Rochelle and a D&RGW about every other time. Will try to photograph or take numbers. Please forgive me my ignorance of vintage diesel (who am I kidding -- of MOST diesels, still [;]), but the espees I've seen there have a distinct "anvil" quality in the perpendicular arrangement of their (one per side) exhaust fans. I don't think it's a Jeep 38, but what would it be? It's definitely older, smaller and differently configured than Uncle Pete's latest showboats. Reply Edit 1234 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp I saw SP 8632 again today.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by smalling_60626 Eric, the anvil was my way of describing the perpendicular, 90-degree quality that the exhaust fans make sticking out from the narrower engine body. While we're on the subject, are you in good with the Man Upstairs? Because shortly after I put my first post here, I reached for a cigar and from beneath the box fluttered a photo of a (July 4, Rochelle) espee loco that demostrates the principle very well. This is especially true because the (then) front end, along with said metaphorical anvil, are in espee red. This is the only loco hauling what appears to be an empty unit train, which would be pretty weird because it's EMPTY and heading EAST toward Northeastern Illinois and Chicago! Another (slight) weirdity is that the loco is being operated cab-backward, so to speak, so I get a great view of "catfish whisker" guardrails on the front -- they and the ones on the side are of a light metal, unlike the struts underneath the ones on the side, which look black. The drawback is that serial no. is not to be seen. If you'd like to e-mail me at smalling_60626@yahoo.com, I'll be happy to "snail mail" you the photo in question. Sorry, but I haven't gone digital yet. Allen Smalling
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken SP 100 Class C44AC's are a daily sight on the Moffat Tunnel route hauling coal out of Routt County and Paonia/Hotchkiss
QUOTE: Originally posted by uspscsx QUOTE: Originally posted by smalling_60626 ...but the espees I've seen there have a distinct "anvil" quality in the perpendicular arrangement of their (one per side) exhaust fans. I don't think it's a Jeep 38, but what would it be? It's definitely older, smaller and differently configured than Uncle Pete's latest showboats. This is probably a stupid guess, but I'd say a GP40X? Maybe?[X-)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by smalling_60626 ...but the espees I've seen there have a distinct "anvil" quality in the perpendicular arrangement of their (one per side) exhaust fans. I don't think it's a Jeep 38, but what would it be? It's definitely older, smaller and differently configured than Uncle Pete's latest showboats.
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