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Western Railroad Discussion > .Date: 11/21/13 07:43 . Author: F40PHR231 .
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/15/20 19:47 by F40PHR231. Date: 11/21/13 07:59 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: GenePoon Great sequence, Chris. You caught an ex-CNW unit still in its original paint, and an OLS unit, too.
I guess one could call that ex-F7B "snail" SPMW 8207 an "Unpatched SP Unit!" Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/21/13 08:02 by GenePoon. Date: 11/21/13 08:59 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: rfdatalink Am I looking at this wrong, or is the blade missing on the rotary?
Stephen Date: 11/21/13 09:18 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: F40PHR231 rfdatalink Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Am I looking at this wrong, or is the blade > missing on the rotary? Blades will be reinstalled in Roseville. Date: 11/21/13 09:33 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: TCnR Interesting modifications to the car body, makes you wonder if the blades were modified at the rebuilder or somewhere else. Makes an amount of sense not to ship it in place, or to tie it down somehow. Kinda fits with the whole idea of shipping it on a flatcar. Good to see no surprises in the chosen paint color.
------------------------------------------------------- > Am I looking at this wrong, or is the blade > missing on the rotary? > > Stephen t4p. Date: 11/21/13 09:56 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: bxmoore rfdatalink Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Am I looking at this wrong, or is the blade > missing on the rotary? > > Stephen The blade has indeed been scrapped. UP decided that the blades were "old technology", and the upgrade involved replacing them with a with a ray gun, which can be clearly seen. Brian Moore Plymouth, UK Date: 11/21/13 09:59 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: TCnR Aaaha, explains the conference room cab, all that hot air from Mgmt would make short work of any snow bank.
Date: 11/21/13 10:09 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: africansteam Nice series of photos.
Think we can persuade Uncle Pete to apply a red "heritage"stripe to the base of the carbody of that B-unit? Cheers, Jack Date: 11/21/13 10:13 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: Josiah Assume the trucks are being shipped separately as well or coming from another vendor in rebuilt condition.
Josiah Date: 11/21/13 10:37 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: tracktime Josiah Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Assume the trucks are being shipped separately as > well or coming from another vendor in rebuilt > condition. > > Josiah Well, at least the rear truck is hiding under there where it belongs under the plow. You can see the fresh rusty colored wheel of the last axle in one of the shots above. Cheers, Harry Date: 11/21/13 10:45 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: bxmoore As far as I can see, both rotary trucks are under there. Remember that they are very small, and un-sprung too.
Brian Date: 11/21/13 11:01 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: rsanchez Anyone know if the snail became a genset or if the 567 has been modificed to a 645 power assemblies? I still see two exhaust stacks but just one 36 to 40" radiator fan.
Date: 11/21/13 11:04 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: SP8595 Great shots (and catch on the Rotary) from a place not often seen enough on the UP!
Date: 11/21/13 12:41 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: XUP4014 Great Photo's Chris ! .
Date: 11/21/13 13:05 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: PALuvR In addition to enjoying the great train shots, I like seeing your pooch. Looks like a Greyhound. Rescued Racer perhaps.
Mike Date: 11/21/13 13:39 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: imrl Very nice set of pictures! For reference, here are some pictures on the rotary's trip east:
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,2719717,2719950#msg-2719950 Date: 11/21/13 13:45 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: rrpreservation Does anyone know if they replace the unit body? It almost seems like they replaced or at least rebuilt it.
Date: 11/21/13 14:54 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: lloydnet Great set of photos. Looks like a Cold and Desolate Place.
Date: 11/21/13 15:16 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: 1019X The exhaust stacks look to be in the typical spacing for an EMD engine block. On an F unit the radiator were in the roof above the engine so it looks like they moved it to one end and installed a really big fan. Also consider that on a regular F unit you had to have enough radiator capacity to keep the engine cool while going through Yuma, AZ in the summertime. This unit will be doing its heavy work only in the wintertime.
I did notice that on the opposite end it has what looks like a typical F unit steam generator exhaust. Date: 11/21/13 15:21 Re: Wyoming happenings and SP rotary moving west Author: BCutter F40PHR231 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > PALuvR Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > In addition to enjoying the great train shots, > I > > like seeing your pooch. Looks like a Greyhound. > > Rescued Racer perhaps. > > Rescued racer indeed. We had a retired Greyhound for several years. She was wonderful!! Bruce |