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Published: 2009-04-18 01:23:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 651; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 15
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The Union Pacific has some fine newly painted engines out there on the mainline... but switching the yard is not something where long haul reliability matters... nor does appearance... or comfort.The interchange with the J was busy today with a couple of UPY units poking through this tiny yard.
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Think i've worked off that 608! Is that the interchange yard between the belvidere sub and the J? used to keep the old hoppers with the plastic covers there for the dirty dirt they were hauling out of an idustrial site just south of Ann St. First time i ever worked with a freight car or rode in a locomotive was right there by the bike path bridge.
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yup... I was standing on the bike path bridge when I took this.
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I always wondered what the 'Y' signified. 
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Union Pacific "Yard" - UP ran out of 4-digit locomotive numbers under their old AAR reporting marks (UP) so they did this. Course I woulda' told them to forget about merging with the C&NW and they wouldn't have been a problem. LOL
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UPY units are always the most beat up of anything on UP rails. But surprisingly, they seem to be around the longest.
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About 10 seconds after I took this picture the switchman came out of the cab and yelled to tell me to keep my eyes open because there was a second unit coming down the J behind him.
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Union Pacific is a great railroad. The other Class I roads are too, but UP is my favorite.
A tough, old engine is neat to see...a brute workhorse.
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Personally, I like the look of an old, worn engine with rough paint better than all the shiny new ones. Shows it's been through hell and keeps on going.
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