A "90" car train
No, this train doesn't have 90 cars, but it is led by a fairly rare SD9043MAC. Although over 400 of them were built by EMD, they had serious mechanical and design issues. Most of them couldn't operate at the full designated horsepower, so they ran them like SD70ACEs, with similar horespower. As you can see, these things are beasts, and Unuin Pacific put nearly all of them in storage. A recent upturn in shipping demand, however, forced UP to bring these out of hibernation. And so, during the winter that seemingly never ended, on a very cold night, UP 3591 leads the regular autorack train from the Chrysler plant in Belvidere, IL to West Chicago. He's coming into Huntley with an impressive number of autoracks in tow.
While the crew was on duty at 1900 hours, they actiually didn't start moving until 2130!
Thanks to Eric for the heads up and Tim Parrot for the updates!
A "90" car train
No, this train doesn't have 90 cars, but it is led by a fairly rare SD9043MAC. Although over 400 of them were built by EMD, they had serious mechanical and design issues. Most of them couldn't operate at the full designated horsepower, so they ran them like SD70ACEs, with similar horespower. As you can see, these things are beasts, and Unuin Pacific put nearly all of them in storage. A recent upturn in shipping demand, however, forced UP to bring these out of hibernation. And so, during the winter that seemingly never ended, on a very cold night, UP 3591 leads the regular autorack train from the Chrysler plant in Belvidere, IL to West Chicago. He's coming into Huntley with an impressive number of autoracks in tow.
While the crew was on duty at 1900 hours, they actiually didn't start moving until 2130!
Thanks to Eric for the heads up and Tim Parrot for the updates!