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Western Railroad Discussion > Sounds Like the Southern Pacific to MeDate: 10/18/17 10:44 Sounds Like the Southern Pacific to Me Author: TexBob I was headed home yesterday afternoon from a job when I heard the DS talk to the LHT43 local at Rosenberg, TX.
What caught my attention was the lead unit was UPY 2107, ex-MP GP50 3504 that was re-built into a MP20GP genset back in 2006. Neither UPY power, nor gensets, get on to the main line very often, so I diverted from my chores at home to document this unit finally get a chance to stretch her legs. Little did I know that the ex-MP genset would take me back to the "good old days", because UPY 2107 has a P3R2 horn, making it sound just like the SP did. To the extent local crews have lots of seniority, I don't know if anybody on this local was an ex-SP guy, and if they were I don't know if they noticed (or cared) that their train sounded just like an SP train. But I sure did... Robert Pierce Sugar Land, TX SWRails.com You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 10/18/17 11:29 Re: Sounds Like the Southern Pacific to Me Author: FiveChime Very unusual but pleasant. UP will have that replaced with a K3 if they notice this!
Regards, Jim Evans Date: 10/18/17 12:53 Re: Sounds Like the Southern Pacific to Me Author: rev66vette Very entertaining! Thanks for posting.........
Date: 10/18/17 13:06 Re: Sounds Like the Southern Pacific to Me Author: Margaret_SP_fan That sure sounds mice!! Yes, it does sound like the old-type horns. Music to my ears! Thanks!
Date: 10/18/17 16:17 Re: Sounds Like the Southern Pacific to Me Author: UPTRAIN Very cool! I really like the looks of those rebuilds. If they're going to change the innards of something, I prefer they leave the outards mostly alone as they have here. You don't see many videos of them at all.
Pump Date: 10/18/17 17:12 Re: Sounds Like the Southern Pacific to Me Author: zorz Great video!
Quick note: UPY 2107 is actually a MP20B and uses a single MTU engine iirc, so it isn't a genset but is a green power rebuild. Glad I finally got some sound of that MTU engine going :) TexBob Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was headed home yesterday afternoon from a job > when I heard the DS talk to the LHT43 local at > Rosenberg, TX. > What caught my attention was the lead unit was UPY > 2107, ex-MP GP50 3504 that was re-built into a > MP20GP genset > back in 2006. > > Neither UPY power, nor gensets, get on to the main > line very often, so I diverted from my chores at > home to > document this unit finally get a chance to stretch > her legs. Little did I know that the ex-MP genset > would > take me back to the "good old days", because UPY > 2107 has a P3R2 horn, making it sound just like > the SP did. > > To the extent local crews have lots of seniority, > I don't know if anybody on this local was an ex-SP > guy, and > if they were I don't know if they noticed (or > cared) that their train sounded just like an SP > train. But I sure did... Date: 10/18/17 18:57 Re: Sounds Like the Southern Pacific to Me Author: Coalca Great sound, thx for sharing
Date: 10/19/17 04:55 Re: Sounds Like the Southern Pacific to Me Author: KB5WK I like it!
Date: 10/19/17 07:45 Re: Sounds Like the Southern Pacific to Me Author: Cliffs619 Great! Thanks for sharing.
Date: 10/19/17 14:46 Re: Sounds Like the Southern Pacific to Me Author: railfaneric So UP still has P3 horns on their locomotives? I wonder if there are still any RS3L horns on UP's roster?
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