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UP SD70M 4206 is a detailed, renumbered, and weathered Athearn Genesis SD70M.  The prototype ran on an eastbound UP van train into IAIS's Bluffs yard on May 5, 2005.

Prototype photo by Richard Whitenight from  http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/10763/UP%204206%20SD70M%20FW%20030406%2001.jpg :

UP C44ACCTE 5903, a factory-painted Kato unit that's been renumbered, detailed, and weathered. The prototype 5903 detoured over the IAIS on westbound CPWNA04 on May 5, 2005.

Prototype photo by Andrew Barchifowski from  http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/6098/IMG_0031.JPG :

UP SD9043AC 8209, a factory-painted Kato unit that's been renumbered, detailed, and weathered. The prototype 8209 detoured over the IAIS on eastbound MNPPRX02 on May 5, 2005.

Prototype photo by Eric Rodriguez from  http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/11535/UP%208209.jpg :

UP SD70ACe 8317, a stock Athearn Genesis unit with just a bit of weathering. (Looks like I forgot the wheels though - will have to come back to those tonight.)  This unit wasn't actually on IAIS rails, but had been delivered to UP the month before I model, and sister 8377 came to the IAIS a couple months later. SD70ACes have really grown on me, though, so I wanted to have one on the layout. I substituted this for the second UP SD70M that was paired with UP 4206 above on the EB van train.

Prototype photo by Larry Gholson from  http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/27436/up8317_05-30-2005.jpg :

 UPY MP15AC 1465, an Athearn Genesis unit that was detailed and weathered.  I also corrected the decorating on the end of the hood, as the factory placement of the "UPY 1465" lettering and UP shield wasn't correct and was replaced with a UP shield positioned higher. Like UP 8317 above, this unit didn't actually run on the IAIS, but it's SW1500 sisters sometimes did, as the UP would send them over for the IAIS to use in bringing the westbound van train cut back to the UP. Again, MP15ACs have always been a favorite, so I fudged a bit to allow this one on the layout.

Prototype photo by Warren Calloway from  http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/7401/UPY1465KCK7OCT05.jpg :

Here's an Athearn pic of the factory paint with incorrect lettering and shield on the hood end:

...and the corrected model.  Not visible in this pic is the addition of an all-weather window on the engineer's side.

SP C44AC 125, a factory-painted Athearn unit that's been renumbered, detailed, and weathered. Motor has been removed, but like everything else on the layout, it received a Tsunami. The prototype 125 detoured over the IAIS on eastbound MNPPRX02 on May 5, 2005.

Prototype photo by Chad Malinovsky from  http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/3600/100_1926[1].jpg :

Overhead view of SP 125.

Joe...

all look great, nice work.     John

Now I'm really jealous. They

Now I'm really jealous. They all look fantastic 

Excellent, Joe They sure look

Excellent, Joe They sure look good to me.

Mike

More than ever

I'm convinced the secret of effective weathering is knowing when to stop. Very nice work.

Thank you

Thank you gentlemen very much.  Very kind of you!

I may need to invest in some better lighting for model photography.  These were shot with an incandescent bulb in one of those clip-on fixtures - held in my MOUTH - and the results look kind of harsh to me.

Nice work

Joe nice looking work. No matter how many locos you have more isalways better. Your fleet is beautiful.                                  

                                                                                                                                               Ray Schofield

Thank you

Thanks Ray!  I appreciate it very much.

iais

good looking locos

Thank you

Thanks very much.  My favorite UP units, the SD40-2s, are still to come, but unfortunately, still waiting on supplies and decoders to arrive.

I like 'em

Nice use of specific prototype units.

I have to  say  your UP 

I have to  say  your UP  roster would look right at home on my layout. Most of the units you have bar the MP15AC, is what im looking to run. And a few SD40T-2 snuck in.Plus maybe one  big old SD90MAC. Have always liked the patched bloody nose SP units, for  some reason.

Regards Phil

UP units

Thanks Rob.  It's probably a minor detail to some, but I thought it was fun modeling the very units that showed up that month.

I forget Phil, are you modeling the present day?  I assumed your era is pretty modern given the presence of the special GE in your signature.

It is pretty amazing how little the class 1s' go-to locomotives have changed in the last 10 years, with just new phases of essentially the same ES44ACs and SD70ACes that were just coming on the scene in 2005.

I was emailing Athearn the other day to request that they offer their Genesis GP38-2 in modern UP (ex-MP) paint/details, and realized as I did so that those units have been toiling in UP yard service now for 33 years and are at or near 40 years old.  When I got into the hobby in 1981, F7s and GP7/9s were only about 25-26 years old, and it seemed like most railroads couldn't get rid of them fast enough.

I forget Phil, are you

Im aiming around 2013 cutoff date, since the 5000th Gevo came out in 2012, hence why I gave it only a light  weathering job. Seems that way now, with just new phases of essentially the same ES44ACs and SD70ACes that were just coming on the scene in 2005.  Since what more do you need form an engine, unless a game changer  in technology came out.

Regards Phil