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Steam & Excursion > .Date: 05/04/14 10:55 . Author: F40PHR231 .
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/12/21 07:14 by F40PHR231. Date: 05/04/14 10:57 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: HotWater Wonder when they will fix the Engineer's side train number board?
Date: 05/04/14 11:29 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: Narniaman What's the story of the blue locomotive?
Date: 05/04/14 11:53 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: SCAX3401 Narniaman Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What's the story of the blue locomotive? Short story it was a former Santa FE SDP40F (originally Amtrak) that BNSF repainted just before the locomotive's retirement for a photo special for customer Maersk. It is the only surviving SDP40F. Date: 05/04/14 11:59 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: Copy19 HotWater Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Wonder when they will fix the Engineer's side > train number board? Anyone ask the crew whether or not the missing X and 4 were taken down by them or were stolen? It must have happened in Las Vegas. Date: 05/04/14 12:03 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: HotWater BNSF6400 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Narniaman Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > What's the story of the blue locomotive? > > Short story it was a former Santa FE SDP40F > (originally Amtrak) that BNSF repainted just > before the locomotive's retirement for a photo > special for customer Maersk. It is the only > surviving SDP40F. Well, technically it is no longer an SDP40F, since Santa Fe rebuilt all the SDP40F units they purchased from Amtrak. Note that the unit has a walt-way on the front, where originally Amtrak SDP40F units did not. Date: 05/04/14 12:30 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: HRWest I wonder if the crew are even aware it was missing before Salt Lake or Ogden? I think you're right John, pics of train arriving in Vegas still had the x, and 4, Photos of the train in a previous post, "4014 Eastbound Day 4, Las Vegas to Moapa" Show them missing.
Date: 05/04/14 13:00 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: nnsteam Actually makes sense as it was really windy when it was in Vegas.
Posted from Android Date: 05/04/14 13:45 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: ironmtn The 4014 is humming, "Back home again, in northern Utah....". Weber and Echo Canyons and the Evanston Sub coming up next. Wow. We all still have to be pinching ourselves that this is really happening.
MC Columbia, Missouri Date: 05/04/14 15:26 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: nycman Neat photo, Chris. That stutter made some interesting looking railfans in no. 2.
Date: 05/04/14 16:45 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: Andre Chris,
What is the "Big Blue" doing in Utah? Andre, In Portland Date: 05/04/14 17:51 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: Realist Those things are too heavy to just blow away.
What I can't fathom is why they haven't changed the class lights to white. Date: 05/04/14 18:55 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: sp5312 F40PHR231 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Realist Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Those things are too heavy to just blow away. > > The end brackets were loose due to corrosion, and > they were devising ways to hold in the new number > boards today. No Vegas-style heist here folks! Duct tape rattle canned black Date: 05/04/14 22:20 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: sp5312 Well there ya go.
Date: 05/05/14 13:17 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: switchlock Did Big Blue spend some time at the Brooklyn roundhouse in Portland years ago?
Date: 05/06/14 00:33 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: Odyssey I visited the Ogden Station on Saturday, 5/3, prior to the arrival of the 4014. "Big Blue", #644, is owned by a railroad restoration group (didn't get its official name) and the plan is to restore to its AmTrack configuration and colors. The hope is to use it as a for-hire locomotive for tourist/charter runs. The engine was being washed when I was there. The engine is operational.
There is also a second locomotive, the 231 that has been vandalized and will take some substantial funds to restore ... apparently signifant amounts of copper wiring were stolen and the windshield on the fireman's side was shattered by a shotgun blast ... don't know where or when this happened, but not at Ogden Station Photo 1: Big Blue #644 getting a wash and rinse Photo 2: Big Blue #644 front view Photo 3: #231 Odyssey Evergreen, CO    Date: 05/06/14 02:24 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: lwilton And what is that white and green monster back there behind 231?
Date: 05/06/14 14:15 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: nycman Both 644 and 231 were in Portland, and that is where the vandalism to 231 occurred. That's Chris, 231's owner, washing 644.
Date: 05/06/14 22:24 Re: Big Boy and Big Blue meet in Ogden Author: filmteknik |