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Date: 11/08/07 19:01
Shrimp boats on UP in the NW
Author: trkinsptr

The UP1841 B40-8 has been hanging around Portland,Or. for a few days. These are rare in our neck of the woods. I asked the engineer how he liked it-unprintable reply!
Colin Johnson

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Date: 11/08/07 20:48
Re: Shrimp boats on UP in the NW
Author: funnelfan

trkinsptr Wrote:
>unprintable reply!

It probably echos a similar reply I got from a SP engineer in the mid 1990's where I found one of those leading a train at Hallawell, just south of Albany, OR. The LMX B39-8's were also regarded with the same glowing terms of love and affection! ;^P

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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Date: 11/09/07 09:29
Re: Shrimp boats on UP in the NW
Author: toledopatch

"Shrimp boats." Hahaha, that's the first time I've ever heard that particular term applied to a locomotive type! 'Tis true, though, that B40-8s have a decidedly diminutive appearance compared with other locos manufactured contemporaneously.

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