Posted by BMARK99USA on February 20, 2009
That's amazing. |
Posted by Oscar Majcher on February 20, 2009
Holy cow! If that was one train that would be a LOT of horsepower. Great catch! |
Posted by andy parr on February 20, 2009
That is almost as many deisel locos as UK railways own? |
Posted by J. Randall Banks on February 20, 2009
Just imagine seeing this coming down the track if you were a block from home! |
Posted by Chase55671 on February 20, 2009
UP locomotives as far as the eye can see. It's a shame to see these locomotives in a deadline. Great photo though. |
Posted by Adam Vester on February 20, 2009
Just a sign of the times i guess... |
Posted by David Nutter on February 20, 2009
So mean they will be sold or as possible be scrap? And, but looking at UP SD70M looking as great engines but why UP doing that!? |
Posted by Nicholas Benson on February 20, 2009
I'd imagine that's a LUGO (laid up good order) line, not a dead line... they'll be ready to work again, someday. |
Posted by Steve Schmollinger on February 20, 2009
Wow, that is a LOOOOOOOOONNNNNNG LUGO line, just like the one in Ft. Worth at Centennial (aka "Davidson") Yard. Nice catch! |
Posted by Joe LeMay on February 20, 2009
That is about two miles of locomotives and well over half a million horsepower. Multiply that by the numerous yards across the country with LUGO units, and you can see how bad the economy truly is. |
Posted by omahadivision on February 20, 2009
I write down every UP number I see in person, with the goal of eventually seeing every unit. Even though the units in the picture are dead-lined, I would love to be there and just walk down all two miles of them! |
Posted by on February 20, 2009
If anyone doubts the economy is in bad shape tell to look at this picture. |
Posted by Vic. Louie on February 20, 2009
What a shot. |
Posted by Jason Myers on February 20, 2009
Dang! Thats alot of engines in one spot! |
Posted by Steven M. Welch on February 21, 2009
A friend drove along them last weekend, and he got 1.6 miles of units in that line. Nice catch. |
Posted by Ross Fotheringham on February 21, 2009
YIKES!!! Well whether you voted for him or not, lets hope the President can lead us through this crisis. |
Posted by Ken Huard on February 21, 2009
Great shot but that is seriously scary. Any idea how many locos? |
Posted by Milton Moore on February 22, 2009
Wow, what an investment tied up and not generating any revenue. Consider each unit is worth between $1.3 TO 2.6 million, depending on model and vintage, it doesn't take much thought to see what a huge investment capital is sitting there--IDLE! As others have commented, its scary indeed. |
Posted by pierre fournier on February 22, 2009
WOW ! the economic crisis hits really hard. |
Posted by Tom Frederick on February 27, 2009
I had ten units on an MFIHK out of Fife, Washington a couple of days ago. I only needed two to pull the train. More than four locomotives is a pain in the neck, insofar as getting the driver brakes to set-up and release. It took nearly a full minute to begin moving from the point at which I released the independent brake until the rear locomotive's brake actually did release. I can't imagine trying to move this many locomotives at one time. |
Posted by Dave Toussaint on February 27, 2009
The line is exactly 1.7 miles long as of this week. |
Posted by on February 27, 2009
I saw a very similar scene at the UP Roseville yard, just past Sacramento, in November 2008. I drove a road alongside the yard and saw over a mile of idle locomotives. |
Posted by Shelley H. on March 3, 2009
Well the other day I counted 118 locos in that line.......Those engines will run again, its just a matter of time. |
Posted by Zachary Hastings on October 12, 2009
Dang!! What an investment tied up there!! I hope the economy is better soon to get some of these locomotives off the 'deadline'.. |
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