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Viewing Album:  UP 844, Special Units, and Council Bluffs Action
 
By:Rick C
Dates:7/30/2005 - 7/31/2005
Album Info:Caught 844 on her visit along with 2 specially painted SD70Aces. On 7-31-05 I caught the 844 this time in Council Bluffs and many business cars along with other trains
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Busy Shops
Title:  Busy Shops
Description:  Must have been a busy week. Usually the shops are closed on Sunday. IAIS 481 and 601 are inside getting worked on.
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:11 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 481(GP8) IAIS 601(GP38)
Views:  690   Comments: 0
Traction Motors
Title:  Traction Motors
Description:  On one of the trucks on the WP unit
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/30/2005 7:24:15 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  252   Comments: 0
WP Reborn
Title:  WP Reborn
Description:  Here's the UP unit painted to commerate the WP
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/30/2005 7:24:17 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1983(SD70ACe)
Views:  1202   Comments: 1
Parked
Title:  Parked
Description:  Coming Back from Omaha I found 2 units parked in Missouri Valley on a work train. Here's one of the units.
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/30/2005 7:24:18 PM
Location:  Missouri Valley, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2165(SD60)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  Here's the Head unit of the set parked in Missouri Valley
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/30/2005 7:24:11 PM
Location:  Missouri Valley, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4162(SD70M)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
Wrong Place Right Time
Title:  Wrong Place Right Time
Description:  Watching the news I thought the 844 was going to be in Council Bluffs on Saturday morning so I went to the Golden Spike Park first. It wasn't there so before heading out to Omaha's Qwest Center to get the 844 I found a 4 unit set of light power.
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/30/2005 7:24:13 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5913(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  362   Comments: 0
Another Unit
Title:  Another Unit
Description:  The other two units were blocked by a cornfield so I couldn't get.
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/30/2005 7:24:14 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8159(SD9043MAC)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
Drivers
Title:  Drivers
Description:  Looking foward
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/30/2005 7:24:16 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  613   Comments: 0
Another Shot
Title:  Another Shot
Description:  The only big steamer never to be retired!
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/30/2005 7:24:16 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
Star of The Show.....
Title:  Star of The Show.....
Description:  Here's the UP 844, out and about after being rebuilt after a boiler flue gave out at RailFair '99
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/30/2005 7:24:17 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  609   Comments: 0
Venting
Title:  Venting
Description:  Here's the crew blowing off some steam
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:20 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  506   Comments: 1
MP Resurrected
Title:  MP Resurrected
Description:  Here's the Unit painted for the Missouri Pacific
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/30/2005 7:24:15 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1982(SD70ACe)
Views:  1491   Comments: 2
Another angle
Title:  Another angle
Description:  Here's the front of 7551
Photo Date:  7/30/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:15 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 7551(AC60CW)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
More Power
Title:  More Power
Description:  This was another BNSF unit parked in Council Bluffs
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:04 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4789(C44-9W)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
Small Power
Title:  Small Power
Description:  This unit was parked in the BNSF yard in Council Bluffs
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:03 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4242(B23-7)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Cars 1
Title:  Cars 1
Description:  Many business cars from the RRs that UP has taken over were parked by the Heritage Shops today.
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:05 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Cars 2
Title:  Cars 2
Description:  Here's more of these cars.
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:06 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Cars 3
Title:  Cars 3
Description:  These are the "Colorado River" and "current River" but I don't know who they belong to.
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:06 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  432   Comments: 0
Cars 4
Title:  Cars 4
Description:  Here's a SP car and a California Zephyr car along with UP's Challenger
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:07 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  231   Comments: 0
Cars 5
Title:  Cars 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:08 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  186   Comments: 0
CN Local
Title:  CN Local
Description:  Here's the local power tied up for the day.
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:08 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IC 6132(SD40-2)
Views:  449   Comments: 1
IAIS Normal
Title:  IAIS Normal
Description:  Here's the 250, parked. It looks like they've taken off the spark catchers for some reason
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:09 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 250(SW1200)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
Parking Lot
Title:  Parking Lot
Description:  Many IAIS units tied up today.
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:09 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 468(GP8)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
More in the Parking Lot
Title:  More in the Parking Lot
Description:  IAIS parked power
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:10 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IAIS 625(GP38AC)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
KCS AC
Title:  KCS AC
Description:  Working North in between a SD9043MAC and a C60AC
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:11 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCS 2044(AC44CW)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
Neat Consist
Title:  Neat Consist
Description:  Here's the WP and MP commerative units. I had pictured the business cars and what must have happened is that shortly after I left the area these two and the SD70M hooked up and they're now leading the whole bunch of business cars out of Council Bluffs heading West
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:12 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1982(SD70ACe) UP 1983(SD70ACe) UP 4901(SD70M)
Views:  2778   Comments: 0
Holding
Title:  Holding
Description:  This train has 10k tons of covered hoppers and is holding for a new Crew outside Missouri Valley IA
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:20 PM
Location:  Missouri Valley, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5136(SD70M)
Views:  320   Comments: 0
Catching My Eye
Title:  Catching My Eye
Description:  While photographing the 844 this coal train came by and stopped at the signal.
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:21 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5922(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
2nd Unit
Title:  2nd Unit
Description:  Here's the 2nd unit for this train
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:22 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6804(AC44CW)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
Alone in the crowd
Title:  Alone in the crowd
Description:  This EMD was heading up to GEs
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:23 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8115(SD9043MAC)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
Steam Consist
Title:  Steam Consist
Description:  Here's the 844 with the train it brought to Omaha
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:16 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  462   Comments: 0
Drivers
Title:  Drivers
Description:  Here's the view down the left side of 844
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:17 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
Front View
Title:  Front View
Description:  At Council Bluffs IA
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:18 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  1184   Comments: 0
Headlight Detail
Title:  Headlight Detail
Description:  You won't see this on a modern diesel!
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:18 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
Smoking & Steaming
Title:  Smoking & Steaming
Description:  Venting off some steam shortly after arrival at Council Bluffs
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:19 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
Roster Shot
Title:  Roster Shot
Description:  5136
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:13 PM
Location:  Missouri Valley, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5136(SD70M)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
New Hoppers Old Unit
Title:  New Hoppers Old Unit
Description:  Here's the 6887 towing a train consisting of brand new UP covered hoppers. I learned later that this train passed the train headed by UP 5136 going North towards Sioux City IA. Interestingly, that train also had new hoppers loaded and heading South.
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:13 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6887(AC44CW)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
With 5136
Title:  With 5136
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:14 PM
Location:  Missouri Valley, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 7398(AC4460CW)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
Last One
Title:  Last One
Description:  This is the unit directly after the KCS unit.
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:15 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 7551(AC60CW)
Views:  270   Comments: 1
Oops......
Title:  Oops......
Description:  This wrecked hopper was on a TTX flat in the Council Bluffs Yard.
Photo Date:  7/31/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 7:35:03 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Rick C
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  283   Comments: 0

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