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Viewing Album:  UP Heritage unit chase on 12/24/2006
 
By:Jerry Krug
Dates:12/24/2006 - 12/24/2006
Album Info:UP 1982, 1988, 1995, and 2001 were running on the ex-CNW main line in Illinois/Iowa on December 24, 2006; also CNW 8701. I drove from sunny Milwaukee into pea-soup fog south of Rockford. The fog didn't start to let up until past Clinton, IA. I found the Katy and MoPac heritage units eastbound on QNPCH just west of Wheatland, IA and chased them all the way to Union Grove, IL. In the meantime, MPRCB was headed westbound from Proviso Yard with the Olympic Torch Relay unit and the CNW heritage unit. They passed just west of Union Grove, IL at about 1530. On the way back to Milwaukee after sunset, I caught the QNPCH making a set-out at Rochelle, IL. There was no one at the railroad park on Christmas Eve. Imagine that! Overall, a good day marred only by missing CNW 8701 eastbound at Nelson in the morning due to the fog.
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UP 6718
Title:  UP 6718
Description:  UP 6718 was CNW 8816. Here it is resting at Clinton after trailing on a coal train delivered to Comanche, IA
Photo Date:  12/24/2006  Upload Date: 1/11/2007 7:24:33 PM
Location:  Clinton, IA
Author:  Jerry Krug
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 6718(AC44CW)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
UP 1988 trailing
Title:  UP 1988 trailing
Description:  UP 1988, the M-K-T heritage unit, was the trailing power on QNPCH.
Photo Date:  12/24/2006  Upload Date: 1/11/2007 7:26:59 PM
Location:  Low Moor, IA
Author:  Gerald L. Krug
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1988(SD70ACe)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
UP 1982 slows for a crew change
Title:  UP 1982 slows for a crew change
Description:  EB QNPCH, led by MoPac heritage unit UP 1982, is about to stop for a crew change at Clinton, IA. It is on the wrong main, passing a parked coal train. The train immediately to the right, with FRED, is on a yard track. The first three tracks on the right are owned by ADM and not used by the UP except for ADM business.
Photo Date:  12/24/2006  Upload Date: 1/11/2007 7:23:24 PM
Location:  Clinton, IA
Author:  Jerry Krug
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1982(SD70ACe)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
UP 2001 and others at Mallard Road
Title:  UP 2001 and others at Mallard Road
Description:  UP 2001, 9023, and 1995 coast past Mallard Road on MPRCB west of Union Grove, IL.
Photo Date:  12/24/2006  Upload Date: 1/11/2007 1:40:52 PM
Location:  Union Grove, IL
Author:  Jerry Krug
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 2001(SD70M)
Views:  255   Comments: 1
UP 1995 is trailing
Title:  UP 1995 is trailing
Description:  UP 1995 was the last of three on MPRCB caught at Mallard Road west of Union Grove, IL.
Photo Date:  12/24/2006  Upload Date: 1/11/2007 8:06:07 PM
Location:  Union Grove, IL
Author:  Jerry Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1995(SD70ACe)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
UP 2001 leads MPRCB approaching Acker Road
Title:  UP 2001 leads MPRCB approaching Acker Road
Description:  UP 2001, leading MPRCB, has just ducked under the BNSF Peavine line located east of Fulton, IL and is about to cross Acker Road. The Mississippi River bridge and a crew change lay just a few miles ahead. The busy single-tracked BNSF line runs between Savannah, IL to the Quad Cities.
Photo Date:  12/24/2006  Upload Date: 1/11/2007 7:21:49 PM
Location:  Fulton, IL
Author:  Jerry Krug
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 2001(SD70M)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
UP 2001 departure
Title:  UP 2001 departure
Description:  UP 2001 leads NPRCB westbound at Comanche, just west of Clinton.
Photo Date:  12/24/2006  Upload Date: 1/11/2007 7:20:04 PM
Location:  Clinton, IA
Author:  Gerald L. Krug
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 2001(SD70M)
Views:  255   Comments: 0

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