Western Railroad Discussion > UP Westbound in Kearney NE

This day that began with me watching the migrating Sandhill Cranes in 27ºF (-2.77ºC) predawn darkness, to photographing this Union Pacific westbound in 77ºF (25ºC) sun – a span of 50º (22.23ºC)!.  

This freight train, powered by UP AC4400CW 6619, AC4400CW 5613, AC4400CW 6192 (ex-SP 151), AC4400CW 7172, GP40 1442 (originally WP 3533), SD40-2 1768 (ex-CNW 6826) and ES44AC 8086, is traveling down the UP's Kearney Sub.

(Kearney, Nebraska – March 12, 2026)  Craig Walker photograph
 



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/17/26 09:11 by CrossTieWalker.

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Telephoto shot, well done!

:^)

I see 4 GE's leading, then 2 EMD's, then a trailing GE.  No SD90MAC's in this photo--aren't they all gone???

There are none in service.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/18/26 06:10 by upmodeler.

UP 6619 has had that whack on the roofline since about 1998 !  Even repainted right over it.

Bill Miller
Galt, ON

6619 looks like it has a new style paint scheme for UP.  The gray comes down onto the top of the nose.  Other units seem to have yellow there. 

This has traditionally been a marker of *repainted* UP GE safety cab units opposed to brand new ones - to my knowledge, this has been largely consistent since the first safety cab repaints in the mid 90s started getting gray nose tops. It's become somewhat more complicated in the last decade as some GEs got delivered with a whitish-gray nose top. (Corrections welcome but that's my understanding.) 


dwatry Wrote:
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> 6619 looks like it has a new style paint scheme
> for UP.  The gray comes down onto the top of the
> nose.  Other units seem to have yellow there.