Neat shot, I did not know that UP used E units on freights.
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Lots of passenger trains were being cancelled in the late 1960s, rendering the Es surplus. A few roads tried them in different sorts of freight service, with mostly limited success. It must have been pretty cool to see a quintet come roaring by with freight. Southern used FP7As in sets of 4-5 on ballast trains. Never got a shot, but did see it once.
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| Posted by on August 9, 2013 | |
I am not an expert, but what are the black structures on the top, to me, they look like pantographs. If so, where would UP have had electrified track? Would that make this a rare photo?
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I believe these were shields to keep water/snow out of the engine compartment. UP had cut holes in the tops of winterization hatches to address cooling problems, but the holes allowed snow and rain to enter engine compartments, so shields were added. Not sure, but probably unique to UP.
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| Posted by Tugboat on August 22, 2013 | |
The tracks look too straight to be the Council Bluffs yard.
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