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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
4/24/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:GE AC45CCTEBuilt As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:55695Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Other locos with this serial:  UP 5539(AC45CCTE)
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Fitting end
Title:  Fitting end
Description:  The DPU on this train is almost anticlimactic in terms of the excitement of its paint scheme-after all+ UP has several thousand of these. But with a red, white and blue engine, painted to show support for our troops leading, its only fitting that the flag bring up the rear. As I write this on July 4, I am mindful of the sacrifices all of our service members make to protect our great nation, especially the behind the scenes troops whose actions are not always visible, but whose efforts make*their operations run smoothly. My daugher was on active duty in the Navy for 8 years, doing IT and radio on a guided missile destroyer, down in the bowels of a ship in a carrier$group. Not very conspicuous, but critical to the mission. On July 4, as every day, I am grateful to our active duty, reservists, and vets for their service to America. It is fittjng that KCS has painted 4006 in their honor.
Photo Date:  7/2/2019  Upload Date: 7/4/2019 5:44:28 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5539(AC45CCTE)
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