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UP 949 - UP yard Cheyenne, WYRelated content
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yeap - and while UP844 was getting an overhaul - it was used for the frontier days rodeo train - denver to cheyenne
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It's supposed to be an E9 on the outside, but its NOT an E9 on the inside. Β For easier maintenance in keeping it up and running and ready to go for office-car specials and/or runs to railroad shows, all three of UP's E-units now effectively have GP38-2 innards, with only one diesel engine, a roots-blown 16-645 and AR10 alternator as found in a GP38 and probably Dash 2 wiring and controls while keeping of course the E9 carbody and trucks. Β Setup like this, they are internally referred to as "E38-2's" now.
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Do you think this would with other Dash-2 components in other cab-units?
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As in putting Dash-2 components in other cab-units?Β Certainly.Β Norfolk Southern's own A-B-A set of F's they use for office-car executive trains have been similarly heavily modified and overhauled, at the former PRR/Conrail shops in Altoona, PA that are now one of NS's two backshops: F-unit carbody on the outside, GP38-2 innards on the inside, but I think NS went with turbocharged 16-645s for their heritage-fleet F-units so they would have more tractive effort for pulling longer office-car trains on the various steeper grades found on the vast Norfolk Southern network than the more gradual, straighter, and higher-speed tracks that much of UP and BNSF run on.
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UP steam shop in the background - cheyenne, wy
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thanks - and no photoshop shenanigans
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Its the depth of field that is really kicking in, shooting at f8 using 100 asa is really giving you the 'cream' of the lens, shows the true value of a good optics
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thanks - i love that sigma - espc at f 8.0-9.5
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I still think Alcos with ditch lights are weird! lol
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I'm lucky enough to see it in the yard every day. Long live Union Pacific.
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i'd love to see it going done the tracks !
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When was this taken? Whats with the patch of green under the windows instead of gray?
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this was taken at the UP yard in Cheyenne, WY and i couldn't tell you about the green under the windows ?
in the background is the steam shop
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To reduce glare on the windscreen.
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Thanks. I have seen some in grey.
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yeah i got lucky and they (UP) had it outside.....
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i'd say you did. keep up the good work. ^^
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E9, actually - although after they were rebuilt, they aren't even that from a mechanical standpoint.
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E? my bad then looks like and F 9 0r 7 from this angle.
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Easy mistake to make. The E8 and E9, possibly the E7 were all built with the exact same nose as the entire F series.
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Really nice locomotive, the Union Pacific Yellow livery fits perfectly on that locomotive.
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yeah there are sweeeet looking for sure.....
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I had to take a second look. Almost looked like a model railroad with a clean paint job like that..lol
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thanks - maybe a should do a Photoshopped - tilt/shift with it ?????
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