Re: NNG Bush's Funeral Train

tomc Wrote:
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> From the UP web site:
>
> "The UP No. 4141 George Bush Locomotive was
> unveiled October 18, 2005, during a ceremony near
> the George Bush
> Presidential Library and Museum on the Texas A&M
> University campus in College Station, Texas. This
> marked only the sixth
> time that Union Pacific painted a locomotive in
> colors other than the traditional UP “Armour
> Yellow” paint."
>
> Tom C.

That is correct Tom. The 4141 was painted in 2005 and displayed on the Texas A&M campus, which has Bush's presidential library. After the display, the 4141 was paired with the MoPac and MKT heritage unit and they were captive to the Houston to DFW server for a good portion of time before getting to roam the UP system for a while. It has be living in the Jenk's shop in Little Rock since 2008 (I think) and this is its first trip out since then (again, that is my impression, I could be wrong). The 4141 made it to Spring, Tx yesterday (12/2) and is waiting for its passenger cars to arrive from Council Bluffs. Rumor is the UP 1943 will be joining it as well on the funeral train which will be Thursday afternoon I believe.

4141 Being Unvailed
4141 on Display on the Texas A&M Campus
4141 on Display on the Texas A&M Campus 2
4141 in Service
4141 living at Jenks Shop

Brian Jansky
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2018 09:15AM by BrianJ.