This thread is ment for those who have sighted the Union Pacific United Way Locomtive that is Numbered 3300, Has anyone seen or photographed, or have this Locomotive on video that you have shot, E-mail me or post a repley, as I am going to make a shrine to this locomotive. (I guess you all can tell what my favorite locomotive is)
Is this engine in service today?
In the new UP numberplan the UP 3300 is renumbered into #3099. Real renumbered or not, good question!
In Don Stacks UP roster the engine is in service (Problem; The roster was not updated after May 1 2002!).
This weekend I attended the Calgary model train show and on the (very long) drive there much of the highway goes along the CP mainline and so you always see a lot of trains when you drive on that route. The only problem is that it really isn’t convienient for taking any pctures. On one CP frieght there was a pusher at the end with United Way on it. It’s ironic that on the side it says “Pulling For United Way” when the engine was pushing.
Not too long ago, I saw a photo with the 3300 in the backround. I know it is still numbered 3300. I will have to look around and try to see if I can find it. I also have a couple of photos of the 3300 in Butler, WI not too long after it was painted. I will also have to try to dig those up too and see what I can do about scanning them for you.
[8D]In 1995 I was mistaken for a MP military cop & told to get on the rear loco of a consist of 2 UP SD40-2’s # 3300 & 3301 pullin 20 ft containers with explosive placard O.D. green containers by UP’s RR police so I played along when i asked him for directions to the nearest store he told me to wait in the loco It was his treat he bought me a plate lunch pack of smokes & a 6 pack of coors
I thought for sure I was In deep [censored] even though I was wearing camoflauge my hair was well below my shoulders as the train pulled away
from the yard lots of railfans were watching so I waved the RR cop told the engineer over the radio and I quote (be careful one of our boy’s is guarding this train so give him a smooth ride and tell the next crew the same)
I was in shock I thought for sure some one would say his hairs to long to be a soldier but no one noticed i guess when we stopped in wills point the train crew invited me to eat with them at dairy queen they offered to buy but i refused i told them my moneys just as good as the next workin mans they said your still welcome to join us so i did It was A hell of a ride till St Louis when the yard master told the engineer there was someone on the rear loco he confirmed by telling the yd master i was an MP then the yd master said theirs not supposed to be a guard that UP has carried tanks & stuff before & never had a guard and when he called the ARMY they didnt have anyone doing guard duty on any trains in the U.S. I knew I had just one option
RUN LIKE HELL
but to make a long story short UP never caught me but that was a beautiful locomotive and a very fun ride to bad that St Louis yd master wasn’t
blind like every body else i
I’D LIKE GET A CABRIDE LIKE YOU SLIC
I just read a post from the IlliniRail YahooGroup and it says that the UP 3300 was leading a WB out of County Line at 13:15 on Saturday.
last seen in Chicago pullin a intermodal double stack[8D]