I tried to look this up, but to no avail. Why did UP paint a locomotive to honor George H.W. Bush? Did he contribute something to UP? Or was it something that was differently politically?
I don’t want to start a political flame war, I’m just curious.
This is on the Union Pacific web site.
Omaha, Neb., October 18, 2005 – Union Pacific is paying tribute to President George Herbert Walker Bush with a custom-painted locomotive. Incorporating colors and elements of the Air Force One used during Mr. Bush’s presidency, the new Union Pacific locomotive bears the number 4141, in honor of the 41st president. The special locomotive, which replicates Air Force One’s design as a striking symbol of national pride and strength, was revealed to the former president during a ceremony near the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas.The unveiling ceremony is a fitting prelude to the grand opening of “Trains: Tracks of the Iron Horse,” on Nov. 7, 2005, at the Bush Library. The much-anticipated exhibit covers the rich technological, social and economic history of the railroad industry.“When we set out to design the Bush Library and Museum, I did not want it to be about just one person – rather, we wanted to touch a broader cross-section of American life, encompassing an eventful period of our history,” President Bush said. "The ‘Tracks of the Iron Horse’ and the unveiling of UP 4141 is the latest example of our commitment to attracting the most unique, educational, and entertaining exhibits we can – and I am deeply grateful to Dick Davidson and Union Pacific for their friendship and support. If we had the UP 4141 back when I was still in Office, I might have left Air F
One Sunday, a few years ago, my travels took me to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. While touring the facility I found an interesting little alcove equipped with a comfortable sofa and a wall-mounted television set. The television was playing a tape of citizen Bush doing a good-natured impession of Saturday Night Live comedian Dana Carvey doing an impression of President Bush. That little snippet was quite funny, and it showed me that the old man certainly had a good sense of humor.
I came away from that moment with a better impression of our nation’s 41st President.
dick davidson and Bush 41 are close friends
Keep in mind the locomotive is in storage in AK. I think they are doing a service up-grade.
It’s in storage in Alaska?
Close!!! Give or take three thousand miles.
North Little Rock area. Jenks shop. What ever the state code is for Arkansas.
CZ
I met saying AK (Arkansas). Sorry![banghead]
I figured that’s what it was, just had to rib ya is all… 
Arkansas = AR.