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Posted by Glen Ellyn on Monday, July 17, 2006 12:27 PM
 CShaveRR wrote:

Andrew (Glen Ellyn) had some good shots of all three units on his "Yay, Yay, Yay!" thread.

Also a few further west on Trainorders.com, if you have access to it.

 

Thank you very much!

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Posted by Gluefinger on Monday, July 17, 2006 12:01 PM
Joe LeMay and I posted a few on railroadforums....

http://www.railroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=123393
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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, July 17, 2006 11:04 AM

Andrew (Glen Ellyn) had some good shots of all three units on his "Yay, Yay, Yay!" thread.

Also a few further west on Trainorders.com, if you have access to it.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, July 17, 2006 11:01 AM

Would you believe Eagle Grove?

Lots of soybean biz (AGP), and now ethanol besides.  There's an MEAPR, too.

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Monday, July 17, 2006 10:54 AM
Anybody got a picture of the three (1995, 8701, 8646) together?

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Posted by Chris30 on Monday, July 17, 2006 1:08 AM

MPREA?? Carl, what's the location on the "EA" please. I'm thinking Ames, IA but not sure.

Thanks,

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Posted by alfadawg01 on Sunday, July 16, 2006 8:44 PM

This may be old news, but here 'tis folks:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=151299

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Posted by eolafan on Sunday, July 16, 2006 8:19 PM

 chicagorails wrote:
will the mayor be there to crack the champagne bottle onto the coupler??Big Smile [:D]

If Daley broke a bottle of champagne over the coupler it would no doubt leak into the basements of some of the neighboring buildings, causing the "loop flood of 2006".  You other folks from Chicago area will undoubtedly understand this reference.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 16, 2006 8:12 PM
THE CNW HERITAGE UNIT WILL RUN (IF NOT ALREADY) ON THE IAIS RAILROAD FROM DES MOINES TO COUNCIL BLUFFS.
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Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, July 16, 2006 6:16 PM

CC, they've flipped CB with the other Iowa trains.  MPRCB now goes out in the morning (around 0930) and MPRDM and MPREA are out during the afternoon.  MPRCL is still a nighttime departure.

 

As reported elsewhere, MPRCB departed today at 0922, with UP 1995 and CNW 8646 and 8701 as power.

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Posted by Glen Ellyn on Sunday, July 16, 2006 4:06 PM
What time do the engines that run the MPRCB come back to Chicago?
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Posted by Chris30 on Friday, July 14, 2006 1:08 PM

I posted it on another thread.... MPRCB (the last I heard) usually departs Proviso @1315 - 1420 hours M-F. Depends on Metra scoot 33 and ZCSLT.

 

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Posted by n012944 on Friday, July 14, 2006 12:00 PM

 Lord Atmo wrote:
there's a CNW F7 still around? i wish i could see that

 

There are 2 of them at IRM.  One of them, CNW 411 is being restored from its Metra paint, and should be done at the end of next week.  The plan was that if it was done before this weekend, it would have gone down to Northwestern Station with the restored CNW belevels for the ceremony.

 

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Posted by Lord Atmo on Friday, July 14, 2006 10:51 AM
there's a CNW F7 still around? i wish i could see that

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Posted by MP36er on Friday, July 14, 2006 10:10 AM
Well, UP 1995 isn't going to IRM Sunday. The CNW F7 won't be at Ogilvie.
The only good news is that 1995 will be leading the other two CNWs on Sunday morning westward!

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Posted by Glen Ellyn on Friday, July 14, 2006 9:41 AM

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Information was posted on the Illinirail Yahoo group. It's supposed to run on the MPRCB for Sunday.

 

MPRCB, didn't the last three CNW's work that "mission" for a little while. What time would it come through, lets say Glen Ellyn. Glen Ellyn is imbetween Elmhurst and West Chicago. To be more specific, it is the town East of Wheaton, and West of Lombard.

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Posted by Gluefinger on Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:41 PM
Information was posted on the Illinirail Yahoo group. It's supposed to run on the MPRCB for Sunday.
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Posted by CNW 6000 on Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:02 PM

 Glen Ellyn wrote:
Yes, UP 1995 will run with CNW's 8646 and 8701.

How do you know this?

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Posted by Glen Ellyn on Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:08 PM
 CNW534 wrote:

My dad worked in signal maintenance with the C&NW from 1952 to 1994.  He and I are driving down from the Twin Cities area to see the unveiling.  I read that a UP employee ID is necessary for entry.  Is there anywhere we can watch without an ID?  Sad [:(]

We're going to visit Rochelle and the IRM, too.

 

Your dad had a really cool job. Being surounded by those types of electronics, it would short-circuit from druel. ;)

 

As for the last part, WTF!!!!???, I mean really, WTF!!!!!!!!!!??????????!?!?!?!?!?!

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Posted by CNW534 on Thursday, July 13, 2006 8:01 PM

My dad worked in signal maintenance with the C&NW from 1952 to 1994.  He and I are driving down from the Twin Cities area to see the unveiling.  I read that a UP employee ID is necessary for entry.  Is there anywhere we can watch without an ID?  Sad [:(]

We're going to visit Rochelle and the IRM, too.

You should see what an SD70ACe does to a dead fish!
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Posted by Glen Ellyn on Thursday, July 13, 2006 5:25 PM

 Lord Atmo wrote:
oh i cant wait to see it. i really hope it gets to run with 8646 and 8701 and my pipe dream would be 8575 returning, coupled with the new trio, and towing a train of all-CNW rolling stock

 

Don't jinx it!

 

Yes, UP 1995 will run with CNW's 8646 and 8701.

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Posted by pbouzide on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 8:25 PM
I seem to remember some black with the yellow and green on the F's in the late 50's, early 60's. Went away with the hood units...

And were there any solid green switchers in the same era?
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Posted by Lord Atmo on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 3:50 PM
oh i cant wait to see it. my pipe dream would be 8575 returning and running with it

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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, July 10, 2006 8:20 AM
10:00 a.m., 7/15

Enjoy, if they allow you to. I have to work.

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Posted by fuzzybroken on Sunday, July 9, 2006 8:44 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by MP36phan

First, Mark, your website doesn't work (at least not for me).

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 9, 2006 8:42 PM
First, Mark, your website doesn't work (at least not for me).
And second, Horicon is less than a day away from Chicago. They could finish painting on Thursday, tarp it, ship it down Thursday night, and then move it to Ogilvie on Friday night. Remember all the other locomotives' unveilings were a lot farther away from Horicon (except the Katy).
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Posted by Lord Atmo on Saturday, July 8, 2006 8:08 PM
if only UP could have done something like this


yes i painted that :D

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Posted by fuzzybroken on Saturday, July 8, 2006 6:39 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by MP36phan

Maybe I'll see ya there.

Well, take a look at my website. Seriously, I have a picture up there. Pretty close to what I look like, though I'm more of a "cue ball" these days -- or a 3 ball, depending on how much sun I get [:o)] !!!
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Posted by fuzzybroken on Saturday, July 8, 2006 6:36 AM
I think UP keeps trying to hide their Heritage units as long as possible. Not really working so far, though 4141 seemed to be the biggest surprise. Maybe that's the key -- not announcing things too far in advance of the unveiling! Kinda hard to hide a big ol' thing like a locomotive... [:D]

Makes me wonder though... how well did Great Northern do when they unveiled the big sky blue scheme? Of course, they didn't have all these cool forums on the internet in those days.

Back on topic, I think the only way UP could really "hide" things till the unveiling would be to have it painted near to the unveiling site. Unfortunately, WSOR's Horicon paint shop is only in Horicon, WI! They've well proven themselves to be an extremely high-quality paint shop.
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