Where to see Union Pacific's Heritage Donation Special! (3985, 5511, 6936 and more)
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- The Heritage Donation Special arrived safely (and close to the original schedule!) at RRHMA on November 19th. Stay tuned to the channel for a video of it crossing the Mississippi River and arriving in Silvis!
Wondering where to go to see Union Pacific's donation train to Silvis, or how to see it live online? The answers are here!
Schedule: www.up.com/her...
Route map and tracker: www.up.com/her...
List of live webcams: docs.google.co...
thank you very much for sharing the details.
A noteworthy location I missed is the Kate Shelley High Bridge in Boone, IA. The train should cross it around 5pm on Thursday the 17th.
Thanks for the schedule! I do hope you will partake in the chase.
Of course! Most of it virtually, but I fully intend to be in Silvis when it arrives there.
And the train arrived safely at RRHMA on the afternoon of Saturday, November 19th, as planned. Stay tuned to the channel for a video of it crossing the Mississippi River and arriving in Silvis!
Got to see it in Iowa!
Great video! This was very helpful!
Glad to hear it!
@@genevarailfan3909 Uhhhhhh the Grinnell Mayflower cam is offline.
@@trainlover123trainsrock Oh dear. Hopefully they'll get it back in time!
I was just in North Platte today and I talked to a railroad official and they told me that the special will be in North Platte tomorrow at sometime so hopefully I'll try again tomorrow
I think they were trying to get there Saturday, but were delayed by track work. Good luck!
It looked as if they were replacing turnout panels between Sidney and julesburg
PSA: There has been a change of plans. I heard that instead of taking the Union Pacific line through Boone and Ames it'll be taking the IAIS from Council Bluffs to South Amana tomorrow.
The special is currently still in Council Bluffs.
Thanks! You saved me having to type that comment. :)
The special left Council Bluffs about 45 minutes ago. I'll see if I can catch it in Des Moines!
They ended up leaving the CNW 401 in Council Bluffs. It will be taken to Boone at a later date.
Thanks for the video. Looks like UP pulled the timetable/shedule from the page.
I noticed that too--it sounds like they want more flexibility to "play it by ear". At least they kept the start/end dates and the route!
@@genevarailfan3909 Hopefully they dont change the dates/times much. I arranged a vacation day and motel room based on the Iowa portion of the
schedule. Thanks again.
@@steppinwolf6775 Do you have times for eastern Iowa?
@@jenniferwitt4819 Jennifer, My apologies for not getting back to you. When the UP changed the estimated arrival times and then then changed the route for a more southern one, it took me clean out of the chase......... so I didnt bother with Facebook. I do hope you were able to see the train.
1:05 What is the funny engine to the left of the screen? I'm guessing it's a switcher, but it has such a long nose.
It's an EMD MP15 switcher. MP and SW switchers have long noses like that.
Schedule isn’t accurate anymore since it’s delayed now
Will they go through Missouri anywhere on the way back
The only things coming back will be the coaches that the steam team is using as living/storage space. I don't know what route they'll take back, but if I had to guess I'd say they'll be attached to a freight going on about the same route in reverse.
Just checked those cams, Carroll & Grinnell are off line!
They have a few days to get them back up. Hopefully they will!
Where are they going to??
The Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (the same parent org as Friends of the 261) in Silvis, IL. They're going to restore 3985 and 5511.
UP has taken the schedule down and says no public viewing stops.
Yes, that happened after I made the video. There are no public viewing events, but it's still easy to see the train.
@@genevarailfan3909 It's a shame they had to cancel the stops.
@@shedbythetracks They've still been making the stops, since they have to work on 5511's bearings. They just haven't been able to keep to the schedule because of 5511.
Why are they donating these 2 steam locomotives
UP has standardly had two locomotives in the steam program (previously 3985 and 844). Now that 4014 is restored, 3985 is surplus, so they're donating it along with some other equipment they haven't been using. RRHMA has a lot of experience, and plans to restore 3985, 5511, and 6936 to operation.
@@genevarailfan3909 i got one question for the big boy locomotive why was it retired the big boy challenger 3985
@@stephenswift5531 3985 is pretty worn out--it hasn't had a *full* overhaul since it was in revenue service. UP realized that restoring it would be comparable in cost to restoring a Big Boy, which would be more impressive to run, so they chose 4014. My understanding is that the steam team planned to restore 3985 after 4014, but management decided to stick with the usual two steam engines. Hence 3985's retirement, donation, and soon-to-be restoration.
@@genevarailfan3909 oh okay I'm not mad at you okay I'm just asking
@@genevarailfan3909 what cost it for do that I'm talking about catch on fire
Are they gonna retire them again after?
No, they're donating them to the RRHMA to be restored to operation! rrhma.com/up-donation/
I’m planning to restore 3977
Do you have a place to run it?
Not yet
But when I do find a place to run it and restore it I am planning on doing a polar Express during Christmas
is texas?
No, the route only goes through Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, and a tiny amount of Illinois.