I drove up to the Bay Area from So Cal today taking CA 99 most of the way up and saw several UP trains along the way. The first train I saw was an eastbound intermodal with one of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic SD70M's still in its special scheme. I didn't know that they hadn't yet repainted these units, and it's the first time I've seen one.
Posted by BNSFC449W (Member # 1819) on :
I saw one SD70M UP blue olympic engine westbound threw davis CA leading 2 other SD units, I cant remember it's unit # but I have a picture, Maybe i'll be able to post it in a few days if I can find it Posted by atsf3751 (Member # 1538) on :
The Olympic unit was the first trailing unit on this train. It was led by a C44-9W and five SD70M's, with the Olympic unit as the second unit.
Posted by BNSFC449W (Member # 1819) on :
I can tell you one Olympics unit was heading eastbound thru Palm Springs last friday. Prolly the same unit you guys are talking about.
I was on the Sunset Limited, parked just outside of Palm Springs and in the lounge car I see on my side a yellow unit...then whoah! a purple unit! COOL!..hehe....so I got the closest view to it!
