I don’t know irf all of you knew, but CNW 8575 had a broken fan. This was in April of 2006. It was then taken to a UP shop. Not only did the UP fix the fan, they also patched the last CNW C40-8. The body still has 8575 on it though, but no more symbol. The UP better not patch CNW 8701 and 8646. If they do, they should dedicate a Dash9-44CW to CNW colors as their CNW herritage unit and number it a former CNW number.
COPYRIGHT MIKE BATES
That’s one ugly locomotive now [V], I guess the CNW paint scheme just doesn’t take to an UP patch like a SP [B)].
I Just died a little…
The news about 8575 is old news now, well at least to those of us who follow the CNW, SP, DRGW, and SSW units.
But the good news is . . . CNW 8701 will hit the railroad tomorrow (Monday). [:D]
That happened almost a month ago…
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my last hope…gone…it’s gone
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! GO TO HELL, UP! those asswipes will patch anything they can get their slimy greasy paws on! and now they’ve killed all of what remained of CNW! they’ll pay for this! ARRRRGH!
oh yeah. great idea. let’s honor the loss of the last dash 8 by bringing more POS crash 9s back. how does that have ANYTHING to do with 8575?
what’s the good news in that? 8701’s a stupid junky old crash 9. just an ugly pile of scrap metal with little CNW heritage in it at all. the sooner that POS rolls over into a ditch, the better. 8575 was all that we had left. and now it’s gone
-Lord Atmo. eternally hating the UP Empire
Dude, there are two GE C44-9W’s left in full, unpatched, and vitually unaltered CNW paint. Their numbers are CNW 8646 and CNW 8701. CNW 8646 is now en route to North Platte, Nebraska and the 8701 is in North Little Rock, Arkansas, and is hopefully going to a northbound run to Chicago on what will probably be a manifest. It was released from the Jenks shops there today.
Count yer blessings… UP coulda done to the Ball-and-Bar what SOO did to the canted red rectangle[V]… big black bandit patches! Most of those CNW engines running around patched, but still in CNW colors, still look pretty good… except the ones still in Zito Yellow! Blecch…
From what I heard from other railfans 8575’s paint started fadeing along with the logo and they were glad to have it patched with that kind of paint better to have it clean and shiney not fadeing.
kevin
Well the logo was white. the good thing is that the #8575 is on the side(s) of the engine.
I’d actually prefer it not to be patched, but hey that’s just me. Granted, the paint was getting quite faded, but tons of C&NW engines’ logos went to white after a few years while still in original service. It’s strange that the logos on the Dash 9s (and formerly the AC44s) are still intact, but not the Dash 8s or many of the (long-since repainted) former traditional yellow EMDs.
no. all patches are ugly and insulting to see. and excuse me, but i LOVE zito! it’s my favorite CNW color ever! old yellow and traditional yellow look too similar to armour yellow
THEY ARE NOT GONE. Just have a tiny patch on them.
8701 and 8646 have some UP yellow on them???
No–actually, they have some UP gray in the center roof section. However, they’re both still in CNW numbers. The 8701 survived its trip to the North Little Rock shops unscathed–I suspect that it could have been fully repainted, if some people had had their way.
So anyone know when the one of the unpatched CNWs will be on the point of a train in Chicago or even just in the midwest? I missed them the last time the came through Chi-town and would really like to see one of them before they are all gone.
Thank you !!!
What’s really crazy is that I saw two patched CNW’s (8708 and didn’t catch the second) on an empty coal run headed up the Moffat line today. Don’t see many of those out this way.
no. they’re gone. the patch kills it. ruins the awesome green cabs and eliminates the cool logo CNW had. i have said it many times. UP needs to seriously rethink their scheme. the armour yellow overwhelms the unit and makes it look dumb and unpainted. the all green cabs on the CNW units balanced the color perfectly. now that ugly patch throws the color off. farewell, spartan cab CNW.
this is enough to make me want to quit railfanning[:(]
Aw, c’mon, just change your focus a little bit. Start chasing shortlines, regionals, and industrial operations, you’ll find that’s a lot more fun than chasing most of the Class 1s anyways… Besides, the CNW just wasn’t the same once they started hacking away most of their system, not to mention getting rid of all their old oddball power – like the Baldwin Geeps!
But alas, I was too young to have seen it in person, much less photograph any of it…
The DASH8 standard cabs were some of the best looking C&NW motive power. Now I REALLY hate UP.
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