ArtistikFunk Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 UP is showcasing all the railroads that make up their system... http://members.cox.net/amflyer/UP1982R.jpg http://members.cox.net/amflyer/UP1983.jpg http://members.cox.net/amflyer/UP1983R.jpg http://members.cox.net/amflyer/UP1982-1983.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGS156 Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 whos gonna do it first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuRip One Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 I like to look at the carts it pulls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Apostle Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 What an orgasm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaBar2 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Nice paint schemes. I like the Western Pacific units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 black&orange so hawt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmyrtlex Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 thats fuckin sick... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistikFunk Posted August 18, 2005 Author Share Posted August 18, 2005 HORICON, Wis. — Union Pacific’s third “Heritage” diesel, new EMD SD70ACe No. 1988 representing the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, today rolled out of the paint booth at Wisconsin & Southern’s shop. It is the third of UP’s planned six-unit Heritage Fleet commemorating the larger railroads UP has merged with in the past three decades. The first two units, UP 1982 in shades of blue, honoring Missouri Pacific, and UP 1983, in green and silver with a big orange feather, honoring Western Pacific, were unveiled July 30 at the Qwest Center in Omaha, UP’s headquarters city. All six units are to be brand-new EMD SD70ACe’s. Each unit is numbered for the year the “Fallen Flag” railroad was brought under the Union Pacific shield. The MKT, or “Katy,” originally used yellow on its cars and structures, then shifted to red as its primary color, and it is this era the UP unit reflects. In its later years, Katy painted locomotives and cars “John Deere green” and yellow. UP acquired the MKT in 1988; Katy served the south central U.S. from St. Louis and Kansas City through Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma to Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas. Among its notable modern passenger trains were the Texas Special, Katy Flyer, and Bluebonnet. UP plans to have three additional units painted, honoring Chicago & North Western, Southern Pacific, and Denver & Rio Grande Western. The last one is expected to be outshopped sometime in early 2006. "It is important that we take an historical perspective of who we are and how we got here," UP chairman and CEO Dick Davidson said at the three-hour, invitation-only dedication event in Omaha last month. "Our reputation as America's greatest railroad has been strengthened by the many lines that have become a part of the UP. It is time we pay homage to those railroads and the generations of men and women who helped to build a great nation and the foundation for our future." The series of mergers helped UP create the largest rail franchise in North America. The addition of Missouri Pacific more than doubled UP's route-miles; Western Pacific gave UP access to the ports of San Francisco and Oakland; Katy gave UP access to Texas through Oklahoma; North Western brought UP to Chicago from the west; and Southern Pacific and Rio Grande provided access to previously unreached western and southwestern areas of the country. UP acknowledges that a secondary reason for the six Heritage units is to protect its copyrights of its predecessors’ symbols. When not on display at specific events when requested by, or of, UP, the six units will be in the general assignment pool and will be treated as such. UP says it hopes to keep the units in their stylized paint schemes for at least a decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepthebeard Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 ...that katy looks absolutely beautiful... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defect Cards Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Hopefully one day one of those will makes its way up here, though up until now I have only caught the regular yellow UP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cAzer Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 fucking gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graffkid15 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 "The Katy" train is really nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pour forward Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Originally posted by lepthebeard@Aug 18 2005, 05:39 PM ...that katy looks absolutely beautiful... Quoted post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83. Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 the katy/1988 is definitely nice to look at... sitting in a yard broken down . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defect Cards Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I don't know if this is to be a heritage one, but does anyone on here know what it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Defect Cards Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Turns out they aren't heritage...far from it, I had no clue what they would turn out to be. THanks to some very knowledgeable people I now have an answer. http://www.railroadforums.com/forum/showth...37&page=1&pp=10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 just saw those in this months mag, they are dope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defect Cards Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 What magazine is that? I'm quite interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Apostle Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 October 2005 issue of Trains Magazine. Very good article on page 20. It's got pictures of 1982 and 1983, but only mentions 1988. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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