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Viewing Album:  HUGE Engines in Omaha
 
By:Matthew Zisi
Dates:3/13/2017 - 3/13/2017
Album Info:Anyone who's ever been to Omaha has probably noticed, up on a hill, two engines that are larger than most. Union Pacific's Big Boy 4023 and Centennial 6900 serve as monuments to the pursuit of the perfect locomotive. These powerful engines took on mountains and set speed records during their careers on the railroad, making it only fitting that their legacy be preserved in Union Pacific's hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. I hope you enjoy this album!
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Union Pacific 4023
Title:  Union Pacific 4023
Description:  This engine is difficult to photograph...for obvious reasons.
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:08:16 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4023(4-8-8-4)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 6900
Title:  Union Pacific 6900
Description:  The largest diesel in the world!
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:09:47 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 6900(DDA40X)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
Front of Big Boy
Title:  Front of Big Boy
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:11:09 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4023(4-8-8-4)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
Front of Big Boy
Title:  Front of Big Boy
Description:  Built by the American Locomotive Company in 1944
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:12:48 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4023(4-8-8-4)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
Big Boy
Title:  Big Boy
Description:  This locomotive was built to help Union Pacific's speed, and it was a success! Despite weighing over a million pounds, the engine was capable of 7,000 horsepower!
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:15:32 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4023(4-8-8-4)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Big Boy
Title:  Big Boy
Description:  The Big Boys served faithfully into the 1950s, until diesels began to replace steam power. 4023 last ran in 1959 and was retired in 1962.
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:17:36 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4023(4-8-8-4)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
Big Boy
Title:  Big Boy
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:18:57 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4023(4-8-8-4)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
Big Boy
Title:  Big Boy
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:20:24 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4023(4-8-8-4)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
UP 6900
Title:  UP 6900
Description:  Built around 1970, these locomotives were nicknamed "Centennial" because they first started arriving on the 100th anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. These locomotives were the largest diesels in the world, and UP made good use of them, putting 2 million miles on the average ones. (For more information, check out http://utahrails.net/articles/up-dda40x.php ).
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:23:59 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  UP 6900(DDA40X)
Views:  277   Comments: 1
UP 6900
Title:  UP 6900
Description:  Fast at accelerating, and reliable as far as maintenance went during the decade that they served, these engines were ultimately retired because Union Pacific stopped needing them, due to improvements in other designs, horsepower owed UP by other railroads, and a downturn in rail traffic. 14 still exist-this one came to Kenefick Park in 2008.
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:27:54 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 6900(DDA40X)
Views:  336   Comments: 1
Omaha Passenger Corridor
Title:  Omaha Passenger Corridor
Description:  These tracks run between Union Station and the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy station (pictured on left, along with the newer Amtrak station).
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:29:44 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  170   Comments: 0
The Breakdown Train
Title:  The Breakdown Train
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:31:12 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  154   Comments: 0
Union Station
Title:  Union Station
Description:  Built in 1931 for most of the railroads in Omaha.
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:34:15 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  117   Comments: 0
Union Station
Title:  Union Station
Description:  Now the Durham Museum
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:35:41 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  109   Comments: 0
Union Station
Title:  Union Station
Description:  This station can be seen in the 1938 film Boys Town.
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:37:45 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  128   Comments: 0
Union Station
Title:  Union Station
Description:  "Dedicated by the railways of Omaha to the service, comfort, and convenience of the people."
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:39:30 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  117   Comments: 0
Union Station
Title:  Union Station
Description:  Next time someone asks you to name a famous architect, why not try Gilbert Stanley Underwood, designer of this materpiece.
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:41:18 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Union Station
Title:  Union Station
Description:  "No other improvement...can equal in utility the railroad."-Abraham Lincoln, a prophet in 1832.
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:42:54 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Freight Train
Title:  Freight Train
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:46:26 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  117   Comments: 0
Burlington Station
Title:  Burlington Station
Description:  Not all railroads used Union Station, especially not the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy, which had its own palace for Omaha passengers.
Photo Date:  3/13/2017  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 7:48:29 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  128   Comments: 0

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