How could UP 669 be seen on the mainline in 2010 and the line have been embargoed in 2008 with nothing moving on it since then?
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There was another 669 on the UP after this one. It was a GP38-2. This, however, is a GP40.
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Also, the "Baldwin" is actually an ALCO of some kind, judging by the trucks, most likely a S-3 or S-4.
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Good question. Copy this link and tell me: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2195579 Perhaps the date on the picture is wrong?
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EL ROCO...Notice that the locomotive in your link has no dynamic brake blister?
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That's a completely different locomotive in your RR Pic link. That is a GP38-2. Your photo is of a GP40. The engine behind it is an Alco, not a Baldwin.
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This engine is a GP40 (ex UP 669; ex MKT 234; ex CR 3108; nee PC 3108), the loco in the other photos is a GP38-2.
Here is a photo of this loco from a different angle: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3747464
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If nothing else, the loco in this picture has dynamic brakes but the one in the rrpicturearchives picture does not. They are not the same loco...
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Hollywood definitely needs to consider filming a zombie apocalypse movie around this area. I mean just look at the place. I hope these two old locomotive do not get scrapped. Thanks for posting this awesome line of interesting photos. I hope you do not mind me putting a lot of it into my one albums called, "things that would be cool to model in HO scale."
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