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Title: |
UP #6944 |
Description: |
Another one of Union Pacific's giant locomotives. |
Photo Date: |
8/10/2013 Upload Date: 8/21/2013 6:05:28 PM |
Location: |
St. Louis, MO |
Author: |
Victoria Broskie |
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Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
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2244 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
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Photo Date: |
7/11/2014 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:42:27 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) NS 3536(SD40-2) |
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917 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
Looking for a caboose, found this. Fair trade I think. |
Photo Date: |
7/11/2014 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:43:10 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
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648 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
There is a what down at the shops? |
Photo Date: |
7/11/2014 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:43:15 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
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384 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/11/2014 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:43:20 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
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356 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/11/2014 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:43:26 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
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452 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/11/2014 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:43:31 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
383 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/11/2014 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:45:11 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
367 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
Fully expected to see NS spray painted under the cab like the bought-a- wreck sd40-2s. |
Photo Date: |
7/11/2014 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:46:17 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
605 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
No it can't be, in Decatur a what? Yep,sure is. |
Photo Date: |
7/11/2014 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:46:22 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
478 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
6944 framed with NS power |
Photo Date: |
7/11/2014 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:33:22 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) NS 7113(GP60) NS 5177(GP38-2) |
Views: |
494 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
Sometimes you can't believe what you seeing. |
Photo Date: |
7/11/2014 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:33:32 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
1003 Comments: 5 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/13/2014 Upload Date: 8/13/2014 1:47:03 AM |
Location: |
Decatur, IL |
Author: |
Kris Rumbut |
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Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
536 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
6944 in the background with 5074 on the service tracks |
Photo Date: |
7/13/2014 Upload Date: 7/13/2014 9:45:25 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) UP 5074(SD70M) |
Views: |
643 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
Still in town and maybe getting brake and or truck work. |
Photo Date: |
7/13/2014 Upload Date: 7/13/2014 9:57:54 PM |
Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
Author: |
Dave Ritter |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
448 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 is going to Altoona for a cosmetic restoration. |
Description: |
Much has been written on various sites about all the players in this deal. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2014 Upload Date: 7/15/2014 10:55:29 AM |
Location: |
Ravenna, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
744 Comments: 11 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 has a passport reporting mark of MOTX 6944. |
Description: |
From the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2014 Upload Date: 7/15/2014 10:57:57 AM |
Location: |
Ravenna, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
1470 Comments: 14 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 was one of 47 delivered and is one of 13 still in existence. |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/15/2014 Upload Date: 7/15/2014 11:00:10 AM |
Location: |
Ravenna, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
700 Comments: 11 |
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Title: |
You did see this thing, right? |
Description: |
Not one westbound in the bunch. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2014 Upload Date: 7/20/2014 9:59:30 PM |
Location: |
Ravenna, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
275 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 is going to Altoona for a cosmetic restoration. |
Description: |
From the Saint Louis Museum of Transportation. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2014 Upload Date: 2/27/2015 7:07:21 PM |
Location: |
Ravenna, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
541 Comments: 12 |
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Title: |
How it looked going east. |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/15/2014 Upload Date: 6/7/2015 9:24:55 PM |
Location: |
Ravenna, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
362 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
I hope that I can see it when it's finished. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2014 Upload Date: 7/15/2014 11:02:03 AM |
Location: |
Ravenna, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
479 Comments: 16 |
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Title: |
Has anyone seen UP 6944 since then? |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/15/2014 Upload Date: 2/27/2015 7:08:22 PM |
Location: |
Ravenna, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
372 Comments: 6 |
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Title: |
NS 34N with UP DDA40X |
Description: |
On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, an eastbound mixed freight passed through Salem, Ohio with a prison escapee in consist. Prison, in this case, can be defined as a museum. Escapee, in this case, can be defined as Union Pacific #6944, a DDA40X! Eastbound mixed freight train 34N held a part in the honor of moving this special locomotive from the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri to Altoona, Pennsylvania for cosmetic restoration. At 10:41am, eastbound mixed freight 34N, led by NS #6704 (SD60), NS #8793 (C40-9), BNSF #7496 (ES44DC), (Ex- UP) NS #6514 (SD60), NS #9353 (C40-9W), and MOTX/UP #6944 (DDA40X) passed milepost 70 on Norfolk Southerns Fort Wayne Line in Salem, Ohio. The DDA40X would later be put on the following days 10A to be taken to Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2014 Upload Date: 7/17/2014 9:53:20 PM |
Location: |
Salem, OH |
Author: |
Scott Williams |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
NS 6704(SD60) NS 8793(C40-9) BNSF 7496(ES44DC) NS 6514(SD60) NS 9353(C40-9W) UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X) |
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1387 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
NS 34N with UP DDA40X |
Description: |
On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, an eastbound mixed freight passed through Salem, Ohio with a prison escapee in consist. Prison, in this case, can be defined as a museum. Escapee, in this case, can be defined as Union Pacific #6944, a DDA40X! Eastbound mixed freight train 34N held a part in the honor of moving this special locomotive from the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri to Altoona, Pennsylvania for cosmetic restoration. At 10:41am, eastbound mixed freight 34N, led by NS #6704 (SD60), NS #8793 (C40-9), BNSF #7496 (ES44DC), (Ex- UP) NS #6514 (SD60), NS #9353 (C40-9W), and MOTX/UP #6944 (DDA40X) passed milepost 70 on Norfolk Southerns Fort Wayne Line in Salem, Ohio. The DDA40X would later be put on the following days 10A to be taken to Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2014 Upload Date: 7/17/2014 10:56:55 PM |
Location: |
Salem, OH |
Author: |
Scott Williams |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
NS 6704(SD60) NS 8793(C40-9) BNSF 7496(ES44DC) NS 6514(SD60) NS 9353(C40-9W) UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X) |
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708 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 34N with UP DDA40X |
Description: |
On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, an eastbound mixed freight passed through Salem, Ohio with a prison escapee in consist. Prison, in this case, can be defined as a museum. Escapee, in this case, can be defined as Union Pacific #6944, a DDA40X! Eastbound mixed freight train 34N held a part in the honor of moving this special locomotive from the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri to Altoona, Pennsylvania for cosmetic restoration. At 10:41am, eastbound mixed freight 34N, led by NS #6704 (SD60), NS #8793 (C40-9), BNSF #7496 (ES44DC), (Ex- UP) NS #6514 (SD60), NS #9353 (C40-9W), and MOTX/UP #6944 (DDA40X) passed milepost 70 on Norfolk Southerns Fort Wayne Line in Salem, Ohio. The DDA40X would later be put on the following days 10A to be taken to Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2014 Upload Date: 7/17/2014 11:00:28 PM |
Location: |
Salem, OH |
Author: |
Scott Williams |
Categories: |
Roster,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
2058 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MOTX 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/25/2014 Upload Date: 8/1/2014 4:46:33 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Chris Wallace |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
899 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/25/2014 Upload Date: 8/1/2014 4:47:48 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Chris Wallace |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) NS 8921(C40-9W) |
Views: |
450 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP DDA40X 6944 |
Description: |
Peeking its nose out of the shops in Juniata |
Photo Date: |
3/15/2015 Upload Date: 3/18/2015 12:47:30 PM |
Location: |
Altoona(Juniata), PA |
Author: |
Jacob Rink |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
424 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/22/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 12:50:43 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Chris Wallace |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
439 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
DD40X |
Description: |
Recently restored UP DD40X awaits return west |
Photo Date: |
5/22/2015 Upload Date: 5/25/2015 9:18:46 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Chris Rinaldi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
589 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/23/2015 Upload Date: 7/18/2015 1:46:06 PM |
Location: |
Altoona, PA |
Author: |
Michael Rujak |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
225 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 35N with UP DDA40X |
Description: |
On Sunday, June 7, 2015, a westbound mixed freight passed through Leetonia, Ohio with a prison escapee in consist being returned back to the prison. Prison, in this case, can be defined as a museum. Escapee, in this case, can be defined as Union Pacific #6944, a DDA40X! Westbound mixed freight train 35N held a part in the honor of moving this special locomotive from Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania back to the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri after an amazing cosmetic restoration. At 6:08pm, westbound mixed freight 35N, led by NS #2600 (SD70M), NS #9568 (C40-9W), NS #9464 (C40-9W), and MOTX/UP #6944 (DDA40X) passed milepost 63.2 on Norfolk Southern's Fort Wayne Line in Leetonia, Ohio. The train is about to cross the Walnut Street grade crossing, which at the time was taken out of service after having new rail laid on track two. The crossing will be repaved in the next week or so. |
Photo Date: |
6/7/2015 Upload Date: 6/9/2015 11:42:27 PM |
Location: |
Leetonia, OH |
Author: |
Scott Williams |
Categories: |
Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
NS 2600(SD70M) NS 9568(C40-9W) NS 9464(C40-9W) MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
615 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
NS 35N with UP DDA40X |
Description: |
On Sunday, June 7, 2015, a westbound mixed freight passed through Leetonia, Ohio with a prison escapee in consist being returned back to the prison. Prison, in this case, can be defined as a museum. Escapee, in this case, can be defined as Union Pacific #6944, a DDA40X! Westbound mixed freight train 35N held a part in the honor of moving this special locomotive from Norfolk Southerns Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania back to the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri after an amazing cosmetic restoration. At 6:08pm, westbound mixed freight 35N, led by NS #2600 (SD70M), NS #9568 (C40-9W), NS #9464 (C40-9W), and MOTX/UP #6944 (DDA40X) passed milepost 63.2 on Norfolk Southerns Fort Wayne Line in Leetonia, Ohio. The train is about to cross the Walnut Street grade crossing, which at the time was taken out of service after having new rail laid on track two. The crossing will be repaved in the next week or so. |
Photo Date: |
6/7/2015 Upload Date: 6/9/2015 11:56:20 PM |
Location: |
Leetonia, OH |
Author: |
Scott Williams |
Categories: |
Roster,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
1083 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/7/2015 Upload Date: 6/7/2015 8:30:54 PM |
Location: |
Rootstown, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
446 Comments: 8 |
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Title: |
And it all came down to this. Our last train of the day produced this winner. |
Description: |
A most profitable day indeed. |
Photo Date: |
6/7/2015 Upload Date: 6/19/2015 7:58:31 PM |
Location: |
Rootstown, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
319 Comments: 6 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/7/2015 Upload Date: 6/7/2015 8:32:19 PM |
Location: |
Rootstown, OH |
Author: |
Fred Stuckmann |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
254 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MOTX/UP 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/8/2015 Upload Date: 7/23/2015 2:44:41 PM |
Location: |
Tolono, IL |
Author: |
Zachary Walters |
Categories: |
Roster,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
635 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP/MOTX 6944 |
Description: |
The DDA40X from the St. Louis Museum of Transportation is towed out of Peru yard on one of its final moves back home. |
Photo Date: |
6/8/2015 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 11:54:20 AM |
Location: |
Peru, IN |
Author: |
Owen Fishback |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
NS 9464(C40-9W) MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
488 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP/MOTX 6944 |
Description: |
The DDA40X from the St. Louis Museum of Transportation is towed out of Peru yard on one of its final moves back home. |
Photo Date: |
6/8/2015 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 11:55:28 AM |
Location: |
Peru, IN |
Author: |
Owen Fishback |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
489 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Pacing NS 35N |
Description: |
I paced 35N as it picked up speed on its way to the Clymers siding. This was on Old 24 just west of Peru. |
Photo Date: |
6/8/2015 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 11:56:49 AM |
Location: |
Peru, IN |
Author: |
Owen Fishback |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
326 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP/MOTX 6944 |
Description: |
NS 35N leaving the Clymers siding |
Photo Date: |
6/8/2015 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 11:57:59 AM |
Location: |
Clymers, IN |
Author: |
Owen Fishback |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
558 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Well.....I got some of it........ |
Description: |
This is a long....long shot from the side of Hwy 3, the closest I was going to get to it, without a drone..... |
Photo Date: |
6/9/2015 Upload Date: 6/9/2015 8:04:29 PM |
Location: |
Venice, IL |
Author: |
Butch Getz |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
765 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 pan shot |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/28/2015 Upload Date: 7/2/2015 5:58:21 PM |
Location: |
Saint Louis County, MO |
Author: |
Ryan Casey |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
434 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 side shot |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/28/2015 Upload Date: 7/2/2015 6:11:34 PM |
Location: |
Saint Louis County, MO |
Author: |
Ryan Casey |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
459 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 nose shot |
Description: |
As part of an agreement between Norfolk Southern, the Museum of Transporation, and the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, UP 6944, the last DDA40X diesel built was given a nice new paint job in exchange for leasing N&W Y6a loco #2156 to Roanoke for 5 years. |
Photo Date: |
6/28/2015 Upload Date: 7/2/2015 6:16:41 PM |
Location: |
Saint Louis County, MO |
Author: |
Ryan Casey |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
468 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 6944 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/28/2015 Upload Date: 7/2/2015 6:17:59 PM |
Location: |
Saint Louis County, MO |
Author: |
Ryan Casey |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 6944(DDA40X) |
Views: |
422 Comments: 1 |
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