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Nostalgia & History > CNW/UP 1995 1996Date: 03/21/24 17:46 CNW/UP 1995 1996 Author: MILW86A It was a good time to be a railfan during the CNW merger into the UPRR in 1995 into 1996. Just never knew what you were going to get.
First 3 are all from Beverly(Cedar Rapids) Iowa during September 1995. When the UP came they sent the CNW 8600 and 8700 into the intermodal fleet.    Date: 03/21/24 17:48 Re: CNW/UP 1995 1996 Author: MILW86A The day after Thanksgiving 1995 I found a pair of BL20-2s laying over in Ames Yard and up the road caught them MCDM SB at Iowa Falls with an 800 series EMD
  Date: 03/21/24 17:52 Re: CNW/UP 1995 1996 Author: MILW86A These next 3 I took on January 13 1996 at C St SW in Cedar Rapids when the Cedar River Bridge was still single tracked. UP double tracked it in the early 2000s.
PRCB NPCHBR Empty coal    Date: 03/21/24 17:55 Re: CNW/UP 1995 1996 Author: MILW86A Yes 4700s had ATC as evident by the XPRMT at Bertram Iowa in March 1996
I always liked to get people shots. Here is my friend WW Wilson on a DMPR at Beverly April 18 1996. While testing the air he invited me up to get a head on shot of the tower crossovers on the east end of Beverly Yard.    Date: 03/21/24 17:58 Re: CNW/UP 1995 1996 Author: MILW86A In May of 1996 we have another DMPR with Bill Wilson and Gay Williams as the crew at Beverly with a high wide
Then June 24 1996 we got the GECLOC rolling west at Fairfax Iowa with the Atlanta Olympic engines. Thanks for looking at this colorful time. MILW86A   Date: 03/21/24 20:48 Re: CNW/UP 1995 1996 Author: oyw Great shots and, yes, those were some very good times!
Date: 03/22/24 04:35 Re: CNW/UP 1995 1996 Author: KimHeusel Great series of photos!
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