By mid-2002, there were still 47 former Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2s running on the Union Pacific system, but only seven were not patched or painted yellow. At this time, a quartet called Helper, Utah, home and could be found running on the local that operated to East Carbon on the Sunnyside branch and return. On July 26, 2002, the “Gang of Four” as they became known, passes mile 606.7 west of Mounds, Utah, with UP local LJP45. Rio Grande Nos. 5390, 5401, 5377 and 5371, equalling 12,000 hp worth of aging black Tunnel Motors, storm by on the warm summer morning.
From a hint of "Bee" (NKP 765), colorful "Bees" (KCS), "Bees" w/ "attitude", to "Bees" that "sting" your eyes, in their own way they have "Bee" on display! Equipment that "Buzzes" with Yellow & Black colors! ("Bees" can still "Bee" entering this "hive"!)
Not
just heritage schemes, not just commemorative schemes - this album is devoted to some of the world's most interesting paint schemes, past or present.
