UP 1111 East leading MNPPR. Cedar Rapids, IA January 23, 2021 Finally got this unit leading a train. Most people get drunk, others want sex but as for me, I go Railfanning.
Or as Uncle Fester would say, "I'll shoot'em in the back!". Cannons and trains - what a great combo - It worked for Buster Keaton.
Holy smokes! Thats the back to the future image of a loco they used. Well less the water buckets and all. But what a great photo. Never ceases to amaze me the amount of photos from "back in the day". And that is way back on that day.
We bought them from a scrapper to replace the worn out trucks on this unit. We remounted the old bearing box covers for aesthetics.
Former SAL Alco C-420 1376 works at Knoxville, TN in April 1979. These units were flogged daily and yet muscled through. I recall seeing a C-420 throttled up shoving a heavy cut, wheels having lost adhesion and slowly spinning with smoke pouring off the wheel surfaces.
