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James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
fuzzybroken wrote: And is that red Daylight Red, or Bloody Nose red? Looks like the latter to me.
Yes, it does look more red than the Daylight, more like Scarlet Red (Bloody Nose red) than Daylight Red. That, with the black, gives the locomotive a more balanced look IMO.
Plus, I think it's the best paint scheme for an SD70ACe yet.
HOLY CRAP!!! . That one looks good. Nice job UP and WSOR over the past year you guys did good with the new ACe's.
kevin
I have to say it is the best one that they have done. Good job UP. Now if I could only take pictures of it from a Metra station................
Bert
An "expensive model collector"
Awesome! That is one fantastic paint scheme. UP came up with a real winner this time.
Two thumbs WAY up!
Oh. My. God.
That thing is GORGEOUS. What a BEAUTIFUL looking unit! I commend UP, this one is NICE!
CNW 6000 wrote:Wow...what a sharp looking engine! I'm not even a fan of SP! I like it.
When I saw the nose of UP 1996 inside the Locomotive Shop at Roseville just before dawn, I was kind of concerned about how it would look, because the nose color didn't look that great despite the nice looking Southern Pacific logo. But once they pulled the locomotive out of the shop, that thing looks STUNNING, especially in the right Sun angle.
This is by far the best-looking of the UP Heritage SD70ACe's. The colors harks back to the famous Daylight livery, used on the passenger trains that ran between northern and southern California.
Dan
Your friendly neighborhood CNW fan.
Does anyone know if it is open to the public? I would suspect that it might be down by the static steam engine or maybe over by the Amtrak station. Anyone have any info?
Dave
That is actually funny. I was headed back to work just after posting here, and what should I see crossing the road where the road goes under the tracks. A tarped Locomotive, Just caught a quick glimpse, but it makes me really anxious to see it!!!
Glad you got to see it- even if it was under a tarp!
miniwyo wrote:That is actually funny. I was headed back to work just after posting here, and what should I see crossing the road where the road goes under the tracks. A tarped Locomotive, Just caught a quick glimpse, but it makes me really anxious to see it!!!
I should have suggested a "mini meet" of Trains.com members in Roseville this coming weekend because UP is supposed to officially unveil UP 1996 at Roseville Yard this Saturday (August 19, 2006). The fact the locomotive is fully tarped means UP will keep us all guessing on the livery of this locomotive--hopefully it will be based on the famous Black Widow livery, by far the best-looking of the SP diesel locomotive liveries.
UP 1996 Departed Lenta, UT or something that sounds like tha on August 14 at 23:25 Scheduled Arrival Roseville August 16 04:25.
I don't know if it was "Lenta, Penta, Benta," or what, Utah...something that sounds like that.
Pump
Lord Atmo wrote: i would drive all the way to Washington if it meant i would see that train. what would that consist even pull?
Perhaps an 800-car coal train. It's been done in Australia! Wait a minute...12 engines...yeah, I think that's enough. That would be worth going to Washington 10 times for!
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