Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 6481 - GE AC44CW

UP 6481 pushes an eastbound into town in the afternoon

The trailing unit on this southbound looks to have been recently repainted. Looks good!!

And its clean!! UP has finally finished painting all its power in Armour Yellow, now that the last two CNW units have gone to the paint shop for the UP treatment. The ex SP GEs had been running around in patched UP reporting marks for years, and now all are repainted. There are two on this 123 car southbound on the ex MKT, hitting the diamond for the ex MP here at Wagoner. UPDATE: See Robert Jackson's comment below. I had read somewhere that UP had finally repainted all of its pre merger units in Armour Yellow. Apparently as of late March 2019, that is not the case. In any event, this one looks good in new paint.

Yellow locos pass a sea of gold. I keep thinking about that Sting song that mentions fields of gold.

An eb coal train swings around the big curve at MP 117 after crossing the Osage River. This is the site of the formerly existing Bonnot Jct.

An eb coal train smokes it up as it crosses the Osage River on track two.

UP 6481 leads a westbound empty coal train past Kirkwood Station. 05/11/2013

Union Pacific AC44CWCTE no. 5705 and AC44CW no. 6481 on the tail end of a westbound empty coal train moving up from the western banks of the Missouri River at downtown Atchison, Kansas.

Union Pacific AC44CWCTE no. 5705 and AC44CW no. 6481 on the tail end of a westbound empty coal train moving up from the western banks of the Missouri River at downtown Atchison, Kansas.

Union Pacific AC44CWCTE no. 5705 and AC44CW no. 6481 on the tail end of a westbound empty coal train moving up from the western banks of the Missouri River at downtown Atchison, Kansas.

Union Pacific AC44CWCTE no. 5705 and AC44CW no. 6481 on the tail end of a westbound empty coal train moving up from the western banks of the Missouri River at downtown Atchison, Kansas.

Union Pacific AC44CWCTE no. 5705 and AC44CW no. 6481 on the tail end of a westbound empty coal train moving up from the western banks of the Missouri River downtown at Atchison, Kansas.

Two AC44s on the tail end of a westbound empty coal train moving up from the Missouri River bank.

Two AC44s on the tail end of a westbound empty coal train moving up from the Missouri River bank.

Coming up to Genesee Street on the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. is UP Train CETCL9 14, passing one of KC's excellent barbeque joints, Danny Edward's Boulevard BBQ.

Older engines with some older scenery makes for an older picture.

UP 6481 and UP 5825 lead a westbound 115 car loaded grain train.

The E units depart North Platte back to Omaha.

The UP Steam 50th Anniversary Special returns from North Platte to Omaha with the E9s (and a GE) up front on UP Train SOMCB 13 with 15 cars on Main Track 2.

Tied up West of Butterfield, AR.

Southbound UPRR loaded grain train GSFM2H-08 (Grain Shuttle McAlester, OK to Mexico via Eagle Pass, TX) approaches Roanoke on the UPRR Choctaw Subdivision - UP 6470, UP 6481, 100 cars, and DPU UP 5880.

Southbound UPRR loaded grain train GSFM2H-08 (Grain Shuttle McAlester, OK to Mexico via Eagle Pass, TX) approaches Roanoke on the UPRR Choctaw Subdivision - UP 6470, UP 6481, 100 cars, and DPU UP 5880.

COAL TRAIN. I JUST LOVE THE CURVE IN THIS TRACK.

Coal load.

A Tex-Mex grain train and UP grain train sit at UP's Pierce Yd.

A UP loaded grain train sits at Pierece Yd.

a patched SP AC44CW is the second unit on a a empty coal train.

UP leading the way on a CSX through freight on the West Lead - Bayview Yard

This is the 2nd Unit

UP CW41-8 6481