ex MP 8008; MP 1404, then tried out with UP 1356 but it just wasn't enough for the fast pace at Cheyenne, so it sat forlornly near the museum pieces at the roundhouse.
Shhhhhh...don't tell anyone I was shooting SD40s back then! Even in 1985 the end was in the near future for the original SD40s on the "old" UP. Though the new paint looked nice, they started dro... (more)
After a brutal career of ushering Z trains on the MoPac in blue, then grinding rock trains in blue and then yellow, this tired and faded warrior gets a rest at Centennial, looking ahead to a renum... (more)
Been awhile since I was in FW; I believe this is the ex NKP Chicago-Bellevue line. Can't recall the name of the crossing here with the ex Wabash, but it was a hopping place in 1989.