Western Railroad Discussion > The UP Bar Code

Here's my take on the 1111 positioning move yesterday morning at Omaha, NE.  The train is backed out of the yards at Council Bluffs and taken as far as the interchange with BNSF in Omaha.  Its then pulled into BNSF's Gibson Yard then backed north to access the display area across from the stadium where the College World Series is played.

In the first 2 views, the train is backing toward the switch for the interchange track.  In the last view, the train is on BNSF track headed for Gibson.

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These last 3 are of the train backing toward a small yard in north Omaha where access to the display area is gained.

Now, we're looking forward to what they display for the College World Series!  Last year, it was the 1943 and in the past, a variety of power including 844 has been displayed.

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Nice pictures!  "Powered by our people" sounds a bit like it runs on soylent green...


Paul
RailfanJunction on YouTube
all_red_at_rana

Those are excellent shots....  but it's the UP #1111...   The UP #1111 numbers are colored and not straight (they are forward pointed) and thus do not look like bar code. 
The NS unit 1111 called the "bar code" unit is due to the four very closely spaced straight ones - in black and white - and looking just like a bar code...

We thought that too!

z-trains Wrote:
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> Nice pictures!  "Powered by our people" sounds a
> bit like it runs on soylent green...
>
>
> Paul
> RailfanJunction on YouTube
> all_red_at_rana

Got it!  Thanks!
CSX602 Wrote

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> Those are excellent shots....  but it's the UP
> #1111...   The UP #1111 numbers are colored and
> not straight (they are forward pointed) and thus
> do not look like bar code. 
> The NS unit 1111 called the "bar code" unit is due
> to the four very closely spaced straight ones - in
> black and white - and looking just like a bar
> code...

Nice photos Tom. You are quite fortunate to get some of the first photos of such a one-of-a-kind unit.
Brian Stevens

Posted from iPhone

Thanks for the photos, especially the top view with that stripe running down the middle.  

-Tom

Thanks Brian!  I imagine they will be touring the system with it so it will be down your way.

SCKP187 Wrote:
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> Nice photos Tom. You are quite fortunate to get
> some of the first photos of such a one-of-a-kind
> unit.
> Brian Stevens
>
> Posted from iPhone

Wow... (I think).

I'm not sure what else to say? Except that I've seen pictures of it now...  :^/

Willie W