Western Railroad Discussion > UP949 Rolled Into the Shop

Heard a rumor that the UP949 had moved across town to the Neff Yard Diesel Shop in preparation for getting some new wheels. After my near 13 hour train ride, I decided I could spare a minute to see if it was true. The rumor was indeed true!  The 949 has been rolled inside the shop and is spotted on the drop table. You can see some new wheel sets and traction motor combos by the rear of the locomotive. I do not know if they are for the 949 or another locomotive. At least some positive progress is being made!

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It is indeed true that the combos are for 949 and it is to return to Cheyenne upon the change outs to join 951 & 963B.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

What does a new wheel set go for and who makes them?

Great news for sure. Thanks for getting the photo and sharing it here. 

~Ryan

think they my have to order  a run , as they are unique nowadays, unless IP shared, eee said they got some

Good to hear this and thanks for the photo.  Hopefully this will put the E9s back in service. We've seen in the past an SD70 assisting steam, so maybe we could accept an SD70 behind the 3 E9s to provide enough power for the longer passenger equipment moves--as you mentioned the other day, the SD70 matches up well against the transition-roof power car.
Brian Stevens

What happened to this unit? What is going on at the UP ?

The motors and wheelsets have been sitting in the
Cheyenne Steam Shop all along.  There was no
interest on the part of one particular manager in
getting the unit repaired.

kdrtrains Wrote:
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> What happened to this unit? What is going on at
> the UP ?

The UP 949 got flat spots / shelling on its wheels coming back from the gathering at Spencer last year and sat in KC a long time waiting on the combos to be shipped down to put it back in service. Now it will take place and head back home. Hopefully UP will get to use them on some Biz specials and other events.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Just seeing the E units back in operation would be a welcome milestone.  I was hoping that since the new guy was from a diesel shop that there would be no hang-ups in getting the diesels operating again. 

Glad to see progress.   It's too bad it took 8 or 9 months to load them on a truck and send them 500 miles.

EmpireBuilder Wrote:
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> Glad to see progress.   It's too bad it took 8
> or 9 months to load them on a truck and send them
> 500 miles.

Truth be told, it really didn't take 8 or 9 months to load them on a truck. It was 8 or 9 months that the current manager in Cheyenne didn't know, or simply didn't care, that there have been "E Unit" traction motor & wheel combos available in Cheyenne for some 10 years, as protection for the three "E Units". Somebody in Omaha found out about a week or so ago, and just like that, action was taken!  Wonder how the current manager in Cheyenne feels about THAT?

What is the status of the other E units? Not that long ago they were also named as being non-operable.

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Is NS on the hook for the repairs?

SCL1517 Wrote:
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> Is NS on the hook for the repairs?

Don't think so, as the "failure to conduct a proper air brake test" occurred on the UP. As I recall, there was minor flat-spotting done on NS, while enroute to Spencer, NC, but NS quickly took care of that.

SCL1517 Wrote:
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> Is NS on the hook for the repairs?

No.

The damage was done east of Kansas City on UP when a
road crew failed to properly conduct a required consist air
brake test, which would have shown them that they had not
opened the necessary MU cut-out cocks on the air brakes.

Meanwhile, the manager who was supposed to be shadowing
the move to prevent such things was flying home.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/15/15 13:36 by Realist.

HotWater Wrote:
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> EmpireBuilder Wrote:
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> > Glad to see progress.   It's too bad it took
> 8
> > or 9 months to load them on a truck and send
> them
> > 500 miles.
>
> Truth be told, it really didn't take 8 or 9 months
> to load them on a truck. It was 8 or 9 months that
> the current manager in Cheyenne didn't know, or
> simply didn't care, that there have been "E Unit"
> traction motor & wheel combos available in
> Cheyenne for some 10 years, as protection for the
> three "E Units". Somebody in Omaha found out about
> a week or so ago, and just like that, action was
> taken!  Wonder how the current manager in
> Cheyenne feels about THAT?

Or Omaha is beginning to connect the dots..

HotWater Wrote:
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> Truth be told, it really didn't take 8 or 9 months
> to load them on a truck. It was 8 or 9 months that
> the current manager in Cheyenne didn't know, or
> simply didn't care, that there have been "E Unit"
> traction motor & wheel combos available in
> Cheyenne for some 10 years, as protection for the
> three "E Units". Somebody in Omaha found out about
> a week or so ago, and just like that, action was
> taken!  Wonder how the current manager in
> Cheyenne feels about THAT?

Thats what I was say, without saying it.

It was probably the new director that found the parts and sent them. 

somebody cares