Serendipity Happens
Sometimes you encounter something truly extraordinary. For example, a drive through Salt Lake City with my dad on May 7, 1977 yielded this antique locomotive. NW2 No. 1003 was at that time, the oldest operating locomotive on the Union Pacific roster. Built by EMC for the UP in May 1940, it would be retired from the active roster the following month. Technically, 1003 was at the time more than four years older than UP 844 and 18 months older than UP "Big Boy" 4014.
Serendipity Happens
Sometimes you encounter something truly extraordinary. For example, a drive through Salt Lake City with my dad on May 7, 1977 yielded this antique locomotive. NW2 No. 1003 was at that time, the oldest operating locomotive on the Union Pacific roster. Built by EMC for the UP in May 1940, it would be retired from the active roster the following month. Technically, 1003 was at the time more than four years older than UP 844 and 18 months older than UP "Big Boy" 4014.