Western Railroad Discussion > Was UP 4141 ever used in revenue service?

As an easterner, I would not necessarily know. Also, is UP 1943 out there working every?

Yes 4141 was used in revenue service for a time after it was painted.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/07/18 06:02 by Spoony81.

Yes, it ran in revenue service early on.  Made it as far west as Southern California.

Aug 21, 2008, manifest freight westbound at Fremont NE.

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Does anyone know or have shots if it made it too Northern California? Some say it did! Roseville or Oakland.

Valleyman

Thanks for the pictures.

I didn't get a reply to my question elsewhere about how much time / miles / engine hours the 4141 has compared to its sister units delivered in the same order.  I would guess it's a lot less.

4141 also pulled the Dow Chemical Safety Train throughout it tour of the west  not long after painting.

It make it to Northern California at least once.  I was driving north on California Route 99 around the Merced area and went passed a southbound manifest with the 4141 as the second DPU on the rear.  I didn't know it was going to be there nor was I in the position to get a photo or chase it.  It was the only time I ever saw it in person.  It was shortly after my encounter that it was stored at North Little Rock.

In Sacramento for the DOW Chemical train.

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Here is a photo of it on the Dow train in Sacramento. We had some bad fires that week. This was taken 9/5/2007.

Ryan Wilkerson
Fair Oaks, CA

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It also made it as far north as Superior, Wisconsin. Dave Schauer posted a photo on the Twin Ports yahoogroup.

Wil it ever be used in revenue service again?

ubee1964 Wrote:
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> Wil it ever be used in revenue service again?

Reportedly, the unit will have its major internal components removed and then donated to, and placed on display at, the Bush Presidential Library, in College Station, Texas.

It made it to Portland, Oregon at least twice...I have images of it sb to Salem on the point and then returning in consist. And then it went to Seattle and I have images of it at Van.,Wash and in Albina on a train heading Alabama or somewhere down there.
Brian Humphreys, Keize, Oregon

1. May 6, 2007 on a SB at Halsey, IL
2. April 28, 2008 on the Dow Chemical train at West Frankfort, IL

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I concur, I seen it in Troutdale, OR headed east, and at some point later I seen it northbound in Oregon City, OR.

upbuddyboy Wrote:
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> It made it to Portland, Oregon at least twice...I
> have images of it sb to Salem on the point and
> then returning in consist. And then it went to
> Seattle and I have images of it at Van.,Wash and
> in Albina on a train heading Alabama or somewhere
> down there.
> Brian Humphreys, Keize, Oregon

I stumbled across it in September of '08 working an eastbound on the Yuma Sub.

1. West Colton.
2. El Casco.

—Michael

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I saw the 4141 on a southbound freight here in Austin at Sneed siding along MoPac Hwy during the Houston Meltdown. The freight was stuck in the hole over labor day weekend and possibly longer making the 4141 a sitting duck. Someone painted 666 across the flag in the back on the fireman's side. I think that incident is at least in part what lead them the UP in hiding it at the North Little Rock shops. I know I took pictures but cannot find them now.

Ricky
Austin, Texas

The 4141 paid a visit to Illinois Railway Museum on May 19, 2008 pulling an Operation Lifesaver special on the Belvidere Sub out of Rockford, IL. They stopped at the Museum for a barbeque lunch before returning to Rockford.

1. and 2.: Arriving on Station Track 1 at IRM passing Spaulding Tower.
3. Rockford TV station doing interview with OL official using 4141 as backdrop.

NZ

EDIT: Attached wrong file for No. 3. Corrected.



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