That's amazing.
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| Posted by Ozzz on February 20, 2009 | |
Holy cow! If that was one train that would be a LOT of horsepower. Great catch!
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That is almost as many deisel locos as UK railways own?
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Just imagine seeing this coming down the track if you were a block from home!
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| Posted by on February 20, 2009 | |
UP locomotives as far as the eye can see. It's a shame to see these locomotives in a deadline. Great photo though.
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Just a sign of the times i guess...
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So mean they will be sold or as possible be scrap? And, but looking at UP SD70M looking as great engines but why UP doing that!?
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| Posted by on February 20, 2009 | |
I'd imagine that's a LUGO (laid up good order) line, not a dead line... they'll be ready to work again, someday.
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Wow, that is a LOOOOOOOOONNNNNNG LUGO line, just like the one in Ft. Worth at Centennial (aka "Davidson") Yard. Nice catch!
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That is about two miles of locomotives and well over half a million horsepower. Multiply that by the numerous yards across the country with LUGO units, and you can see how bad the economy truly is.
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I write down every UP number I see in person, with the goal of eventually seeing every unit. Even though the units in the picture are dead-lined, I would love to be there and just walk down all two miles of them!
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| Posted by on February 20, 2009 | |
If anyone doubts the economy is in bad shape tell to look at this picture.
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What a shot.
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Dang! Thats alot of engines in one spot!
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A friend drove along them last weekend, and he got 1.6 miles of units in that line. Nice catch.
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YIKES!!! Well whether you voted for him or not, lets hope the President can lead us through this crisis.
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Great shot but that is seriously scary. Any idea how many locos?
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Wow, what an investment tied up and not generating any revenue. Consider each unit is worth between $1.3 TO 2.6 million, depending on model and vintage, it doesn't take much thought to see what a huge investment capital is sitting there--IDLE! As others have commented, its scary indeed.
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WOW ! the economic crisis hits really hard.
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I had ten units on an MFIHK out of Fife, Washington a couple of days ago. I only needed two to pull the train. More than four locomotives is a pain in the neck, insofar as getting the driver brakes to set-up and release. It took nearly a full minute to begin moving from the point at which I released the independent brake until the rear locomotive's brake actually did release. I can't imagine trying to move this many locomotives at one time.
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The line is exactly 1.7 miles long as of this week.
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| Posted by on February 27, 2009 | |
I saw a very similar scene at the UP Roseville yard, just past Sacramento, in November 2008. I drove a road alongside the yard and saw over a mile of idle locomotives.
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Well the other day I counted 118 locos in that line.......Those engines will run again, its just a matter of time.
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Dang!! What an investment tied up there!! I hope the economy is better soon to get some of these locomotives off the 'deadline'..
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OK, how many locos would you need to pull this train?
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I think enclosed tri-level autoracks would be a less expensive railfan fence. Gold-plated railroad.....?
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Now that is Power! Nice!
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Now that is Power! Nice!
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Maybe next year, we won't see so many locos setting idle.
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This is a photo of stored locomotives in the receiving yard at West Colton on the UP.
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| Posted by Carl on November 25, 2015 | |
I'd like to have one for my backyard.
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Unfortunately, hardly any of those SD70M's were scrapped.
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Time to go shopping. Railroad museums open your pocketbooks! Or rich people that want their own loco.
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| Posted by Carl on August 18, 2020 | |
With a string of 5 cars at the end..lol
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The companion to LUGO is LUBO (Laid Up Bad Order) - locomotive broken and railroad put it in storage rather than repair it.
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