My chase of the UP-Donation Train from Atalissa, IA to East Moline, IL November 19, 2022
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- Not the best conditions to chase the UP-Donation train, very windy and cold conditions along a little bit of snow thrown in. The Challenger, UP 5511 and the Centennial were awesome to see trackside. The captions list all the locations on the video. Thanks for watching comment like and subscribe
So awesome to see this Jeff!
Thanks Darryl, wish the weather had been a little warmer and less windy.
So Cool! Thanks for the video! Since I couldnt make it out there, this was the next best thing!
Thank you Trish, the weather could have been better. But it was neat to see.
Nice catch Love the caboose wish it would come to wisconsin nice work jeff also stay warm
Thank you Nancy, it was cold that day. Thanks for watching!
That was worth braving the cold weather to see i will say and just one of the few times i have seen any UP power on the IAIS for sure . Thanks for sharing this
Yes it was, thanks for watching AJ!
Nice catches!
Thank you!
Nice catches! I caught the move on Friday
Nice, it was neat to see up close.
@@jefftoft5568 yes it was
That was awesome Jeff, nicely done! (Dave).
Thank you Dave, very cold and windy. But fun to the engines up close. Wish you guys could have made it.
@@jefftoft5568 Yeah, thanks would have been great meeting up with you! (Dave).
Great job! nice to see the nose of my truck at Stockton lol
Anything I can do, had to edit out the F bomb at Stockton. Lol!
Great chase Jeff
Thank you Ed!
Great video, Jeff! I got to watch the move as it rolled off the Government Bridge and onto the Rock Island Arsenal, would've been a bit better if it wasn't really cold and windy out though...got to be with some friends though!
Thanks, it was definitely cold. Some really big wind gust once in a while.
@@jefftoft5568 Oh definitely, being in the middle of the river with the wind blowing off the water and being elevated didn't help much either. Could've been worse though!
This was epic
Thank you, it was a very cold chase.
Thanks Jeff. Good to see 3985 again. Where do these go after Silvis?
They will be rebuilt at Silvis by the Group that runs Milwaukee 261. They bought the former Rock Island shops that NRE owned. NRE still has some space to do work but RRHMA who the UP equipment was donated to owns the building now. Plan is to rebuild equipment, run excursions and have a museum down the road.
@@jefftoft5568 cool. Thx.
Nice chase of a rare move Jeff! I see the CNW F unit is no longer along for the ride. They must have dropped it off somewhere before the Spine Line. Boone maybe?
Thanks, it was left behind at Council Bluffs I believe. To be moved to Boone at a later time by the UP.
@@jefftoft5568 that’s correct
Pulling those Steam Engines Is a Challenge to Maintain Speed and Keep Things going Smoothly
They had to stop every so often to grease the bearings.
Jeff, another question:. Why did this train go across Iowa on the IAIS and not the UP main? Maybe easier to route to Silvis and lower speeds?
From what I heard the UP was going to turn the train over to the IAIS at Des Moines but due to train crew availabilities on the UP they took it over at Council Bluffs. Less traffic on the Iowa too so that could be another reason. The F7 was also left at Council Bluffs to be taken to Boone at a later time.
@@jefftoft5568 thx.
@@Bob.W. Your welcome Bob!
Where's the F unit?
Dropped off at Council Bluffs, UP will be taking it to Boone sometime in the near future.