Western Railroad Discussion > UP 4141 - George Bush Express

UP 4141 departs Dallas Union Station for Texas A&M College Station.
Crossing the Trinity River.

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Departing NEY yard at Ft Worth TX for Waco.

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West TX

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Was the secret service following this train with black helo's?

I'm staggered at the level of HP afforded this train - is this a necessary requirement to allow for an engine failure or timetable maintenace or is it a case of

"my train is bigger than yours ..."

Mike

Reminds me of the 25+ car "City of Everywhere" operated by UP during the 1960's with 4 E-9's on the point.

Rear end at Dallas Union Station.

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Anyone have the consist for this train?

Ticket prices were posted a month ago: Tickets for a two-day train trip on Union Pacific's George Bush Express.
The Nov. 19-20 excursion from College Station to Dallas includes a night's stay at the Adam's Mark Hotel, range from $250 for coach seats to $500 for dome cars. There also is a $35,000 "Rail Baron" option with space for 40 passengers on two luxury cars.
The train ride is part of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum's upcoming exhibit "Trains: Tracks of the Iron Horse," which opens Nov. 7.

David Harrison

KB5WK Wrote:
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> UP 4141 departs Dallas Union Station for Texas
> A&M College Station.
> Crossing the Trinity River.

That first pic is superb! One of the best I've seen in a long time.
Thanks for sharing!
-Wes

Can anyone please post a web sight that details the locations of this train on its way back north?....to Council bluffs??
Thanks for any info.

That will be sensitive information and the SS will go after any one.

Ac4400cwgevo

P.S. You know how this paranoid is driving some people on these times...


OKTrainboys Wrote:
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> Can anyone please post a web sight that details
> the locations of this train on its way back
> north?....to Council bluffs??
> Thanks for any info.

>
> That first pic is superb! One of the best I've
> seen in a long time.
> Thanks for sharing!
> -Wes

I'll second that.
- Mitch

Original Consist of UP Officer's Special Train running today and
Sunday from College Station to Dallas and return.

70' 4141 President SD70
70' Flag Unit #5126 SD70
70' Flag Unit #5162 SD70

85' Power Car 208
85' Staff Car - Cabarton
85' Sleeper - Columbia River
85' Sleeper - Omaha
85' Coach (crew) - Texas Eagle
85' Coach - Katy Flyer
85' Dome Coach - Columbine
85' Dome Coach - Challenger
85' Sales Car - Council Bluffs
85' Diner - City of Denver
85' Dome Diner - Colorado Eagle
85' Dome Diner - Missouri River Eagle
85' Power Car 207
85' Dome Lounge - Harriman
85' Dome Lounge - City of San Francisco
85' Dome Diner - City of Portland
85' Dome Lounge - Walter Dean
85' Business Car - St. Louis

Train Length 1,670'
Cars 1,530' Locomotives 140'

Arrives DUT at 1:15pm today
Leave DUT Noon Sunday

College Station-Waco-Tower 55-DUT

[Info from All_Aboard]

OKTrainboys Wrote:
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> Can anyone please post a web sight that details
> the locations of this train on its way back
> north?....to Council bluffs??
> Thanks for any info.


S-CSCB with Two SD70M's
UP 5162 and UP 5199
ETA: KANCITY, MO at 11/21/05 17:20C

It was last by Hodge yard in Ft Worth at 4 AM.

They even painted the knuckle black , Lots of detailing went into this thing.

Can anyone tell me why when UP runs it's excursions why do they put a power car in the middle of the train? Are passengers allowed to walk through to pass to the other part of the train?
JC

No passage is allowed through the power car except maintenance people. UP does that to separate the train so the VIPs don't meet up with anybody outside their circle. Note the FOUR domes and the bizcar making up that part of the train!

djansson Wrote:
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> No passage is allowed through the power car except
> maintenance people. UP does that to separate the
> train so the VIPs don't meet up with anybody
> outside their circle. Note the FOUR domes and the
> bizcar making up that part of the train!


I have walked through power cars before. They look like a baggage car on one side, and a coach on the other side. You can barely hear the thrum of the HEP generator...you walk through an aisle with wall to wall carpeting...a similar sensation to walking through portions of...say...a Superliner sleeper. Or maybe the narrow aisle in a dining car.

Not saying they allowed people through the middle power car on THIS train...but it is not as if you are walking by a roaring diesel engine sitting out in the middle of a car. I suspect many people wouldn't even suspect they were walking through a "power car" if they were to walk through one of UP's power cars. Amazing job on sound insulation.

Hey...BEAUTIFUL shot on the Trinity River Bridge in Dallas. How I hoped you'd get her here!!!

Maybe the ss needs to checkout GEVO 4400. How does he get this incredible inside infro all the time?

"They even painted the knuckle black , Lots of detailing went into this thing."

Which, interestingly, is an FRA violation.