Western Railroad Discussion > World Series Display

Posted on behalf of fellow TO member Scotty.

We took a trip to Omaha, NE to see the 1943 and train moved for display at the College World Series. Cars on the train were:
UPP 3008
UPP 2055
UPP 208
Willie James
Feather River
Green River
Portola
Pacific Limited
Lake Bluff
Little Rock
UPP 2066
City of San Francisco
Harriman
UPP 5769
City of Denver
Colorado Eagle
Walter Dean
Overland
City of Los Angeles
St. Louis

For us, the most unusual car was UPP 3008. WP Jones advised that this is a former Ringling Bros car.

These scenes are some of my favorites from that trip.

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Did you shoot anything of the train with the stadium in the background?

Willie James and Walter Dean were long time Commissary employees. Willie was a cool chef and Walter was a very dignified Lounge car attendant. I got to meet the both of them among many other commissary employees on our trips with their equipment. Another great chef was LaVerne Anderson who was a good double for comedian Louie Anderson. After operating a special trip for the Oregon Symphony we were headed home and when we got to Pocatello to overnight he told us he was fixing us dinner. What he did was fix three huge deep dish pizzas with all the leftovers from the Special trip. He had a Meat, Veggie and Seafood pizza. What a great bunch of guys.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

According to the attached link, UPP 3008 has been a UP asset since it was built. http://utahrails.net/pass/heritage-fleet-3.php#upp3008

It's my understanding that the new power car is a former RBB Circus car.

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No E units! Oh the humanity of it all......

TomG Wrote:
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> No E units! Oh the humanity of it all......

Probably because nobody on the UP knows how to work on/maintain the E Units, nor the DDA40X.

Tom,UPP2005 must be a typo ex RBBX car is UPP2055
UPP 3008 is ex implement flat and I believe is the same car that hauled the UP1243 around for several years. It had a MOW number back then I think
Steve

twjurgens Wrote:
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> Posted on behalf of fellow TO member Scotty.
>
> We took a trip to Omaha, NE to see the 1943 and
> train moved for display at the College World
> Series. Cars on the train were:
> UPP 3008
> UPP 2005
> UPP 208
> Willie James
> Feather River
> Green River
> Portola
> Pacific Limited
> Lake Bluff
> Little Rock
> UPP 2066
> City of San Francisco
> Harriman
> UPP 5769
> City of Denver
> Colorado Eagle
> Walter Dean
> Overland
> City of Los Angeles
> St. Louis
>
> For us, the most unusual car was UPP 3008. WP
> Jones advised that this is a former Ringling Bros
> car.
>
> These scenes are some of my favorites from that
> trip.

It should be 2055.....sorry!

wpjones Wrote:
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> Tom,UPP2005 must be a typo ex RBBX car is UPP2055
> UPP 3008 is ex implement flat and I believe is the
> same car that hauled the UP1243 around for several
> years. It had a MOW number back then I think
> Steve
>
> twjurgens Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Posted on behalf of fellow TO member Scotty.
> >
> > We took a trip to Omaha, NE to see the 1943 and
> > train moved for display at the College World
> > Series. Cars on the train were:
> > UPP 3008
> > UPP 2005
> > UPP 208
> > Willie James
> > Feather River
> > Green River
> > Portola
> > Pacific Limited
> > Lake Bluff
> > Little Rock
> > UPP 2066
> > City of San Francisco
> > Harriman
> > UPP 5769
> > City of Denver
> > Colorado Eagle
> > Walter Dean
> > Overland
> > City of Los Angeles
> > St. Louis
> >
> > For us, the most unusual car was UPP 3008. WP
> > Jones advised that this is a former Ringling
> Bros
> > car.
> >
> > These scenes are some of my favorites from that
> > trip.

We didn't. I haven't seen any like that on other media.

My recollection is that it would be a tough shoot unless you had a drone.

Copy19 Wrote:
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> Did you shoot anything of the train with the
> stadium in the background?

I would like to know if anyone has ex history of the power car 2055. I have a bunch of RBBX cars and don't see anything that looks like that unless UP did a rebuild of it.

Stanley Jackowski
Valrico, FL

acltrainman Wrote:
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> I would like to know if anyone has ex history of
> the power car 2055. I have a bunch of RBBX cars
> and don't see anything that looks like that unless
> UP did a rebuild of it.


UPP 2055 is former red unit power car RBBX 63013. It was rebuilt in 2011 and ran on the red unit all the way through until the end. The car was originally built as UP postal storage car 5780 and then went into MOW service before being purchased by Ringling.

CPB284 Wrote:
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> UPP 2055 is former red unit power car RBBX 63013.
> It was rebuilt in 2011 and ran on the red unit all
> the way through until the end. The car was
> originally built as UP postal storage car 5780 and
> then went into MOW service before being purchased
> by Ringling.

Do you happen to know the car's RBBX number before it was RBBX 63013. About a year ago, someone hinted that 63013 was a new number because of the rebuild as a power car.

http://utahrails.net/pass/heritage-fleet-3.php#upp2055

Don Strack
http://utahrails.net/