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Date: 04/23/14 11:59
UP bookend GP30's on Special - 1977
Author: valmont

Don't know what this train was for, where it ran from/to, but seeing 'push-pull' GP30's at opposite ends is worth a look. This is on the east side of Denver in July 1977.


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Date: 04/23/14 12:19
Re: UP bookend GP30's on Special - 1977
Author: OmahaTom

Awesome shots! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing them with us!! ...Six coaches and a GP-30 on either end- What an adorable little consist! Lol

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Date: 04/23/14 12:59
Re: UP bookend GP30's on Special - 1977
Author: GRNDMND

All coaches...an early "Family Days" event perhaps. None the less, it is a cool catch!

KC

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Date: 04/23/14 13:35
Re: UP bookend GP30's on Special - 1977
Author: coach

With a semaphore signal that works both directions of a track, plus a tri-light working 1 direction. Interesting.

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Date: 04/23/14 14:06
Re: UP bookend GP30's on Special - 1977
Author: Pinlifter

Did they run Operation Lifesaver trains in the 70's?

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Date: 04/23/14 15:00
Re: UP bookend GP30's on Special - 1977
Author: Bob3985

I would venture to guess a Family Days train on the DP. It could have been an Operation Lifesaver but 1977 was early in that program on the UP.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

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Date: 04/23/14 15:28
Re: UP bookend GP30's on Special - 1977
Author: The_Chief_Way

the semaphore signal is a train order signal

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Date: 04/23/14 15:33
Re: UP bookend GP30's on Special - 1977
Author: SD45X

Roydale?

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Date: 04/23/14 20:47
Re: UP bookend GP30's on Special - 1977
Author: GP30Frank

Thanks for posting these. And they both have the A/C going - doors are open !

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Date: 04/23/14 21:06
Re: UP bookend GP30's on Special - 1977
Author: cdub

Definitely a Family Days special. They didn't start running Operation Lifesaver specials until the 1980s.

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Date: 04/23/14 22:47
Re: UP bookend GP30's on Special - 1977
Author: Xtra276West

Think you're right, 'SD45X' -- most likely Roydale.....(and it's train-order signal.)

Pat from Littleton, CO.

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