Nostalgia & History > UP #2002 Salt Lake UT Olympics

My first TO slide post...From the slide vault.

Photo taken at UP station Kansas City USA...(received as a slide in trade, photographer unknown)

The Olympic Flame traveled by railroad on a specially designed train for the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, operated by Union Pacific Railroad. The train featured a specially created Cauldron Car for the Olympic Flame, two 2002 Olympic Winter Games custom-painted locomotives and 18 cars incorporating the Look of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

From the RAIL SCENE collection. I had started taking railroad slides in the late 1960s and traded with slide enthusiasts from around the USA and in South America. This slide was part of that collection. As a railroad employee, I was allowed access to many different railroad locations and enjoyed taking thousands of slides over the years.

Enjoy.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/13/17 08:21 by rrcaboose.

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Very nice and I am sure I speak for many. You can scan and post as many photos as you are physically able to do..
Roger Beckett

These 2 Units were built in 2001 , and their paint held up real well . I read on TO that one of them was going to be repainted . Did it retain it's Olympic colors , or get painted in UP yellow ?

What a first post!
Keep on posting please.
Bob

Great first posting. Neat looking engines. Amazing you can still catch them from time to time.

Great way to start posting. 2 units that have kept their paint well over the years and are still to be seen on the system today.
Brian Stevens

I remember driving Steve to Omaha/Council Bluffs to board and supervise the long journey.
He did the same for the summer olympic games in Atlanta on board that train.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Nice first post!

I'm looking forward to seeing what else you have.

Ted in OR, formerly of UT