Western Railroad Discussion > Fresh UPP 2055 and UPP 5752

Caught these two outside this morning.I wonder if Experience the Union Pacific is a new slogan or Ad campaign? 

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It’s a like a traveling museum car

https://www.up.com/heritage/experience-up/index.htm

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Don't follow the UP much do you. The Experience car is the Museums car that started in Sacramento last year as part of the 150 Aniversary Displays. Met the 4014 in Ogden and was with the BigBoy every where it went last year.
The 2055 is the Power Car bought from Ringling Bros and repainted at MAC a couple years ago.
Steve

SlideSeller Wrote:
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> Caught these two outside this morning.I wonder if
> Experience the Union Pacific is a new slogan or Ad
> campaign? 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/05/20 20:32 by wpjones.

SlideSeller Wrote:
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> I wonder if Experience the Union Pacific is a new slogan or Ad
> campaign? 

Thanks for posting the photos.

I wonder how much it cost (marketing/advertising budget) to come up with the slogan?

More business car rides to the public? Turn a blind eye when a crew allows cab tours to kids and railfans? Maybe they'll strengthen enforcement against taggers and trespassers, then the punishment would be "the experience?" :-)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/05/20 09:27 by cchan006.

UPP 2055 was built in 1962 by St. Louis Car as UP Baggage 5780; first retired December 1971, reinstated May 1972; held for special service; to UP MoW Commissary 904823 in November 1978; sold in 1999 to Ringling Bros., to RBBX 63013; rebuilt to power car prior to February 2011; sold to UP at auction in March 2017; after the last RBBB trains were operated in May 2017, RBBX 63013 was moved to UP at Council Bluffs and became UPP 2055; moved from Council Bluffs to Kansas City for repainting on October 24, 2017; repainted to standard UP yellow and gray, completed during the first week of January 2018.

UPP 5752 was built in 1962 by AC&F as UP Postal Storage 5752; retired from revenue service in October 1970; assigned to Roadway (MoW) service, renumbered to UP 904277; retired from MoW service in 1997 and held for parts at Council Bluffs coach shop; refurbished as UPP 5752 in August 2018, painted by Mid America Car in St. Louis in September 2018.

Don Strack