Western Railroad Discussion > 4141

i hope it is not needed anytime soon

After Bush Sr. dies will #4141 get repainted in UP colors or no?

Supposed to get stuffed n mounted at the Bush Sr Museum

Think they need to pull the tarp off and send it on a round trip to Pine Bluff so they know everything is in working order?

santafe49 Wrote:
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> Think they need to pull the tarp off and send it
> on a round trip to Pine Bluff so they know
> everything is in working order?

If it is getting stuffed and mounted, why would you?

CPRR Wrote:
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> santafe49 Wrote:
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> > Think they need to pull the tarp off and send
> it
> > on a round trip to Pine Bluff so they know
> > everything is in working order?
>
> If it is getting stuffed and mounted, why would
> you?

What has been alluded to but not stated in this thread is that the senior Mr Bush has been admitted to a hospital in Houston with complications related to pneumonia, and is in intensive care. 

Let's hope 4141 cools its heels in Little Rock for some time to come.

Elizabeth



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/18/17 16:44 by Betsy.

http://abc13.com/news/george-hw-bush-in-icu-and-barbara-bush-hospitalized/1707872/

I was fully aware of President Bush's and Barbara conditions.

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I believe that Jenks Shop would likely pull out the inner workings and drop the traction motors for idler wheels to ship it for display and keep the parts in their supply.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

The 4141 story is certainly a strange one.

How many hundred thousand revenue miles have its sister units pulled since this unit was painted and stored?  Not unlike having a brand new, 1998 Porsche in your garage, up on blocks. Five thousand miles on the meter.

Nothing unusual about putting cars in storage, I know lots of car folks who have them with under a hundred miles on them.   They even make products, like special gasoline and oils that are shelf stable, so you can let them set for over a year before you even start them.

IIRC they are planning a funeral train for Bush 41 with the 4141 on point.

Though it's a 2 million dollar or so one.

A drop in the bucket so to speak for a company the size of UP

I have never understood why Bush 41 has this honor and other presidents ahve not been so honored by UP.  I have always wondered what the connection is. Anyone know?

The Bush family and UP have old connections.

Prescott Bush (George HW Bush's father) was a partner in Brown Brothers Harriman, the investment bank run by the Harriman Brothers. They had met while attending Yale. So he was friends with UP's Chairman of the Board, although that was 70 years ago.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/19/17 09:45 by WyoRail.

Thanks that is the puzzle piece I didn't know. 


WyoRail Wrote:
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> The Bush family and UP have old connections.
>
> Prescott Bush (George HW Bush's father) was a
> partner in Brown Brothers Harriman, the investment
> bank run by the Harriman Brothers. They had met
> while attending Yale. So he was friends with UP's
> Charman of the Board, although that was 70 years
> ago.

I don't recall that Union Pacific has ever commented on its plans for George H. W. Bush heritage unit #4141.

JBOmaha












 

Cumbres Wrote:
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> Thanks that is the puzzle piece I didn't know. 
>
>
> WyoRail Wrote:
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> -----
> > The Bush family and UP have old connections.
> >
> > Prescott Bush (George HW Bush's father) was a
> > partner in Brown Brothers Harriman, the
> investment
> > bank run by the Harriman Brothers. They had met
> > while attending Yale. So he was friends with
> UP's
> > Charman of the Board, although that was 70
> years
> > ago.

There's a more contemporary puzzle piece that I'm surprised no one seems know (even though I mentioned it few years ago already). Former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, who served under Geroge HW Bush joined Union Pacific's Board of Directors in 1993. I believe he stayed on until George W. Bush got elected in 2000, then he went back to government.