Western Railroad Discussion > Just in case you haven't gotten your fill of 1943 threads

I too was amongst the swarms of people taking pictures of UP 1943 on the Sunset route today. However, in an attempt to try to avoid much of the horde and get a different angle I went to Cabazon. By the time 1943 got there the sun was behind the hills and my camera was dead, but I got some decent shots of intermodals prior to it's arrival.

Image 1: 1943 blows through a CP on the approach to the Salton Sea.

Image 2: A UP intermodal rounds Cabazon

Image 3: A different UP intermodal with a recently repainted dash 9 rounds Cabazon.

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Image 4: Obligatory 1943 roster shot.

Image 5: An example of what almost every grade crossing and CP looked like.

Video is pacing 1943 along the Salton Sea and then it rounding Cabazon



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/17 23:51 by suvart.

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it works , looks good, in your 2nd attempt



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/19/17 02:40 by dan.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like a VERY smooth ride, Thanks for sharing. Maybe someday it'll come my way and I'll get to see it in person.

Brian
Burlington, Iowa

How come all the special units of UP are EMD (or whatever they are called now ) ?? Can't a GE qualify ??

GP30Frank Wrote:
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> How come all the special units of UP are EMD (or
> whatever they are called now ) ?? Can't a GE
> qualify ??

UP 2010 (Boy Scouts) and UP 7400 (Breast Cancer) are both GEVOs.

tracklight Wrote:
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> GP30Frank Wrote:
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> > How come all the special units of UP are EMD
> (or
> > whatever they are called now ) ?? Can't a GE
> > qualify ??
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> UP 2010 (Boy Scouts) and UP 7400 (Breast Cancer)
> are both GEVOs.

That was going to be my reply, too, but I thought about it some more. Those GEVOs are still Armour Yellow, so they can't hide their Union Pacific identity. UP 7964 (5000th GEVO) simply surrendered and became vanilla Armour Yellow!

EMDs, on the other hand are not Armour Yellow: UP 2001, 2002 (Olympic blue), and all the EMD Heritage Units (1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1996) aren't Armour Yellow either. UP 1943 continues that pattern.