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Western Railroad Discussion > A Day out at Shawmut (AZ)Date: 10/19/16 22:14 A Day out at Shawmut (AZ) Author: ACR_Ted Now that another long hot summer is gone it was time to go back out into the Arizona desert and see some trains. While it wasn't a real busy day we saw 8 trains in about 7 hours.
Here are a few photos: 1 - The first UP ET44AC that I have seen. 2 - Same train backed off on the zoom. It appears that the front truck has been swapped out recently. 3 - Another generic eastbound. ~~~more~~~ Date: 10/19/16 22:16 Re: A Day out at Shawmut (AZ) Author: ACR_Ted 4 - What looks like to be a almost brand new ET44AC.
5 - Same train at a wider angle. 6 - A rolling roster of the 2739 - it sure was glistening in the afternoon sun. ~~~more~~~ Date: 10/19/16 22:21 Re: A Day out at Shawmut (AZ) Author: ACR_Ted 7 - A westbound military train.
8 - This was an alleged "UPS Test Train" according to the DS and also to a westbound crew who asked them if they felt "special" today. However this train was snailing along at 49 mph and there wasn't a single piece of UPS equipment on it! No pigs or boxes with UPS markings, 9 - Another eastbound however seeing 5 units on the head end is not all that common anymore. ~~~more~~~ Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/19/16 23:11 by ACR_Ted. Date: 10/19/16 22:25 Re: A Day out at Shawmut (AZ) Author: ACR_Ted 10 - After sunset we got two westbounds....here the first one is lit up by a camera mounted flash. I do like the way the striping shows.
11 - Here it was almost completely dark making the UP wings stand out nicely against the dark background. Thanks for looking! Ted Date: 10/23/16 15:55 Re: A Day out at Shawmut (AZ) Author: Brian_P Awesome photos Ted :)
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