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Nostalgia & History > AMTK leaving Borie with a Fast FortyDate: 02/27/20 05:42 AMTK leaving Borie with a Fast Forty Author: valmont Back when Amtrak had a stop at bustling Borie WY I got this westbound leaving this windswept location with a UP SD40-2H 'Fast Forty' on the point. Used to see these models commonly spliced between a pair of DDA40X's as in pic 2.
1. wb @ Borie on July 26, 1980 2. heading west out of Cheyenne on Feb. 6, 1977 An excellent source for Fast Forty diesels is found at https://utahrails.net/articles/up-fast-forties.phpUnion Pacific "Fast Forties" High Speed SD40-2s by Don Strack (... an updated and expanded version of an article published in Diesel Era, Volume 9, Number 1, January-February 1998)   Date: 02/27/20 05:57 Re: AMTK leaving Borie with a Fast Forty Author: texchief1 Nice shots!
Randy Lundgren Elgin, TX Date: 02/27/20 07:29 Re: AMTK leaving Borie with a Fast Forty Author: SPDRGWfan The Amtrak phoeo must be the San Francisco Zephyr soon after it changed from heritage equipment to Superliners.
Date: 02/27/20 08:18 Re: AMTK leaving Borie with a Fast Forty Author: dan thanks for my forty fix! and SFZ
UP would soon if put speed restrictions on superliners on the overland Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/27/20 12:00 by dan. Date: 02/27/20 14:12 Re: AMTK leaving Borie with a Fast Forty Author: Bob3985 Nice photos. I hired out in train service in 1976 on the 5th district (Cheyenne - Rawlins) and then in 1977 was accepted into engine service on the 4th District (Cheyenne - North Platte). Got to see and operate many of these units.
Bob Krieger Cheyenne, WY Date: 02/27/20 20:30 Re: AMTK leaving Borie with a Fast Forty Author: Pioneer2526 And no sightseer lounge ?
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