This ex-UP switcher still lives on in middle Illinois. She was last painted at NLR in July of 1991, not so bad for almost 20 years worth of weathering.

An extra hospital train heads west for Peoria with a few cars from the derailment at Chatsworth.

The 1202 started her life out as Union Pacific 1866 a SW9 in October 1953. Later in life she was rebuilt by the Union Pacific into a SW10 and renumbered to 1202 in January 1980. After spending man... (more)

EX-UP switcher still in full UP paint, with all the UP's fuss about copyright on my HO scale... hehe