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Western Railroad Discussion > UP 4141 - George Bush ExpressDate: 11/20/05 16:02 UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: KB5WK Date: 11/20/05 16:03 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: KB5WK Date: 11/20/05 16:04 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: KB5WK Date: 11/20/05 16:38 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: fjc Was the secret service following this train with black helo's?
Date: 11/20/05 16:40 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: mmciau I'm staggered at the level of HP afforded this train - is this a necessary requirement to allow for an engine failure or timetable maintenace or is it a case of
"my train is bigger than yours ..." Mike Date: 11/20/05 16:45 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: dl-w1955 Reminds me of the 25+ car "City of Everywhere" operated by UP during the 1960's with 4 E-9's on the point.
Date: 11/20/05 16:46 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: KB5WK Date: 11/20/05 18:21 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: DHarrison Anyone have the consist for this train?
Ticket prices were posted a month ago: Tickets for a two-day train trip on Union Pacific's George Bush Express. The Nov. 19-20 excursion from College Station to Dallas includes a night's stay at the Adam's Mark Hotel, range from $250 for coach seats to $500 for dome cars. There also is a $35,000 "Rail Baron" option with space for 40 passengers on two luxury cars. The train ride is part of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum's upcoming exhibit "Trains: Tracks of the Iron Horse," which opens Nov. 7. David Harrison Date: 11/20/05 19:46 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: drgw KB5WK Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > UP 4141 departs Dallas Union Station for Texas > A&M College Station. > Crossing the Trinity River. That first pic is superb! One of the best I've seen in a long time. Thanks for sharing! -Wes Date: 11/20/05 20:24 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: OKTrainboys Can anyone please post a web sight that details the locations of this train on its way back north?....to Council bluffs??
Thanks for any info. Date: 11/20/05 20:38 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: AC4400CWGEVO That will be sensitive information and the SS will go after any one.
Ac4400cwgevo P.S. You know how this paranoid is driving some people on these times... OKTrainboys Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Can anyone please post a web sight that details > the locations of this train on its way back > north?....to Council bluffs?? > Thanks for any info. Date: 11/20/05 21:09 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: Mgoldman >
> That first pic is superb! One of the best I've > seen in a long time. > Thanks for sharing! > -Wes I'll second that. - Mitch Date: 11/20/05 22:17 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: OCVarnes Original Consist of UP Officer's Special Train running today and
Sunday from College Station to Dallas and return. 70' 4141 President SD70 70' Flag Unit #5126 SD70 70' Flag Unit #5162 SD70 85' Power Car 208 85' Staff Car - Cabarton 85' Sleeper - Columbia River 85' Sleeper - Omaha 85' Coach (crew) - Texas Eagle 85' Coach - Katy Flyer 85' Dome Coach - Columbine 85' Dome Coach - Challenger 85' Sales Car - Council Bluffs 85' Diner - City of Denver 85' Dome Diner - Colorado Eagle 85' Dome Diner - Missouri River Eagle 85' Power Car 207 85' Dome Lounge - Harriman 85' Dome Lounge - City of San Francisco 85' Dome Diner - City of Portland 85' Dome Lounge - Walter Dean 85' Business Car - St. Louis Train Length 1,670' Cars 1,530' Locomotives 140' Arrives DUT at 1:15pm today Leave DUT Noon Sunday College Station-Waco-Tower 55-DUT [Info from All_Aboard] Date: 11/21/05 02:23 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: KB5WK OKTrainboys Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Can anyone please post a web sight that details > the locations of this train on its way back > north?....to Council bluffs?? > Thanks for any info. S-CSCB with Two SD70M's UP 5162 and UP 5199 ETA: KANCITY, MO at 11/21/05 17:20C It was last by Hodge yard in Ft Worth at 4 AM. Date: 11/21/05 06:10 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: Nbetween They even painted the knuckle black , Lots of detailing went into this thing.
Date: 11/21/05 07:16 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: JasonCNW Can anyone tell me why when UP runs it's excursions why do they put a power car in the middle of the train? Are passengers allowed to walk through to pass to the other part of the train?
JC Date: 11/21/05 08:30 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: djansson No passage is allowed through the power car except maintenance people. UP does that to separate the train so the VIPs don't meet up with anybody outside their circle. Note the FOUR domes and the bizcar making up that part of the train!
Date: 11/21/05 08:51 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: Red djansson Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > No passage is allowed through the power car except > maintenance people. UP does that to separate the > train so the VIPs don't meet up with anybody > outside their circle. Note the FOUR domes and the > bizcar making up that part of the train! I have walked through power cars before. They look like a baggage car on one side, and a coach on the other side. You can barely hear the thrum of the HEP generator...you walk through an aisle with wall to wall carpeting...a similar sensation to walking through portions of...say...a Superliner sleeper. Or maybe the narrow aisle in a dining car. Not saying they allowed people through the middle power car on THIS train...but it is not as if you are walking by a roaring diesel engine sitting out in the middle of a car. I suspect many people wouldn't even suspect they were walking through a "power car" if they were to walk through one of UP's power cars. Amazing job on sound insulation. Hey...BEAUTIFUL shot on the Trinity River Bridge in Dallas. How I hoped you'd get her here!!! Date: 11/21/05 10:30 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: SD4525 Maybe the ss needs to checkout GEVO 4400. How does he get this incredible inside infro all the time?
Date: 11/21/05 12:36 Re: UP 4141 - George Bush Express Author: CCMF "They even painted the knuckle black , Lots of detailing went into this thing."
Which, interestingly, is an FRA violation. |