Re: SP 4449 and the SP coast line
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 11-05-2018 - 14:01
Sal Cupertine Wrote:
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> The only way I believe UP would allow this is for
> something like the American Freedom Train which
> had a lot of deep pocket of corporate sponsors,
> some of whom might have been major freight
> shippers to pull that off.
> Maybe an Olympic Torch train to the next one in LA
> 2024? with 4449 like the diesel powered ones UP
> has operated to past Olympics in Atlanta or Salt
> Lake City? for summer and winter games is possible
> but UP would probably want to use it's own
> engines.
Sorry to be a buzz kill but IMHO
The UP will have a brand new rebuilt Big Boy for that. No need for 4449.