FRESH ACe at Calhoun
I was working late today, and thankfully Collin gave me plenty of motivation to wrap it up and get out of there when he let me know that this freshly-painted UP SD70ACe, the 8504 was on the point of the MASHN, and already west of KC. This unit was released from North Little Rock on May 17th, so at this point, it was just six days from that point, and certainly on its first trip west.
Here, the UP 8504 leads the MASHN around the curve at Calhoun Bluffs (MP 64) in Topeka, meeting the NS 4199 east.
In addition to this one, there was a westbound... something (it turned out to be a power move) coming towards me on the BNSF, but the timing only allowed for me to get one of the two, and I think I chose wisely.
For the railroad roster nerds out there, if "UP 8504" is tripping any alarms in your brain, it's because its predecessor was the 6,000 HP SD90MAC "Shamu" demonstrator, that was built as the no. 8204 before being renumbered to 8504. For clarification, this is a completely different unit than the 90MAC, but I knew that number rang a bell for a reason, and that's why!
FRESH ACe at Calhoun
I was working late today, and thankfully Collin gave me plenty of motivation to wrap it up and get out of there when he let me know that this freshly-painted UP SD70ACe, the 8504 was on the point of the MASHN, and already west of KC. This unit was released from North Little Rock on May 17th, so at this point, it was just six days from that point, and certainly on its first trip west.
Here, the UP 8504 leads the MASHN around the curve at Calhoun Bluffs (MP 64) in Topeka, meeting the NS 4199 east.
In addition to this one, there was a westbound... something (it turned out to be a power move) coming towards me on the BNSF, but the timing only allowed for me to get one of the two, and I think I chose wisely.
For the railroad roster nerds out there, if "UP 8504" is tripping any alarms in your brain, it's because its predecessor was the 6,000 HP SD90MAC "Shamu" demonstrator, that was built as the no. 8204 before being renumbered to 8504. For clarification, this is a completely different unit than the 90MAC, but I knew that number rang a bell for a reason, and that's why!