Nostalgia & History > F-unit Friday: alongside boiling water!

What a cool slice of UP history! A fairly new yellow & grey F9 rubs shoulders with an old veteran steamer dressed in the usual black. While “X1457” in its number boards tell a tale of work-a-day freight service for the F, the “18” the number boards next door indicates fast, main line passenger service is currently on the menu. What a great time it was to be shooting Uncle Pete’s motive power...

1. UP 1457 rests next to 4-8-4 # 836 in Denver, CO in April of 1957.
Photographer is unknown, from the late James W. Watson collection.

Thanks for looking back!
Lance Garrels
santafe199



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/22 04:19 by santafe199.

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An historic gem!
Bob

UP train 18 would have been the eastbound Portland Rose, I believe.

mike woodruff
spokane

swaool Wrote: > ... 18 would have been the eastbound Portland Rose ...

Indeed it was. As a little kid in the early 1960s this train through my home town (Manhattan) was the first passenger train I ever rode. I guess I should have come down a bit from the flowery caption and mentioned that #17 & #18 were the "Portland Rose". Related: I wonder if the power change at Denver was a regular move in those days...

Lance/199

Very NICE shot!!

Larry

This slide is tops for today !  Thanks for posting this one, Lance. 

Great photo. Boarded-up 2-8-2 on the side.

Tom

UP3806 Wrote:
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> Great photo. Boarded-up 2-8-2 on the side.
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> Tom

I do believe the 2564 is on display somewhere in California....

I wonder if steam to diesel (or diesel to steam) at Denver was the usual practice for the Portland Rose in this period?

AA

Stanford White
Carmel Valley, CA

Txhighballer Wrote: " . . . the 2564 is on display somewhere in California...."

2564 is in the custody of the Southern California Railway Museum.

https://socalrailway.org/collections/union-pacific/union-pacific-roster/

Matthew