Western Railroad Discussion > Dark (burnt) side of UP 1983

The burned side of UP 1983. I got closeups of the worst damage plus the whole side. Taken afternoon of July 28 in North Little Rock, Arkansas,

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Trying to emulate GE again...

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
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Chances are she'll be renumbered back to UP 8383 with the armour yellow paint just like 3300 is going to

Would be a great improvement to paint it in Yellow. upkpfan

Will be unfortunate if it meets the boring UP paint job, its nice to see things other than the common colors

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Ive heard they are thinking of just Photoshopping it.

Call it art and auction it off for millions.

Nickatnight

If you're going to repaint it may I suggest zephyr silver and orange?

Just some minor damage a few panels to repaint would cost more to repaint the entire unit don't know why the would go to that expense.

UPDetector Wrote:
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> Chances are she'll be renumbered back to UP 8383
> with the armour yellow paint just like 3300 is
> going to

I suppose that anything is possible but as I recall UP 1988 (MKT heritage) had similar fire damage a few years back, UP had it repaired and the paint was touched up. I believe 'The Katy' decal on one of its flanks was also replaced as it had been burned. I wouldn't sell UP short when it comes to their heritage units, as mentioned above it would cost far more to repaint the entire engine yellow vs. just fixing it up.

~Ryan

photobob Wrote:
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> Ive heard they are thinking of just Photoshopping
> it.


I like it! Maybe they could photobob it??? WHatever that means?

burnt feathers flock together

Oh what the heck, they can just buff it out.

Somebody had to say it.

MC
Columbia, Missouri