UP Centennial Runbys At Archer Hill

I want to make sure that all who watch this video know I'm NOT taking credit for filming this video. It was shot by WB Video Proudctions (http://www.railfanvideo.com/catalog/vie wall.aspx). I have no intent of infrenging on somebodys copyright. I only wish to share these clips with fellow railfans who appreciate these shots for what they are.

Now that I've placed my disclasmer, here we go:

Here's a locomotive no longer seen on the rails these days. They're nicknamed Centennial and bacsically they're two locomotives in one. I have no idea what the power specs were but they're impressive to look at.

I know there's some of these locomotives saved at rail museiums & if you have the chance to get near one, go for it. They're really big!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• UP
• Union
• Pacific
• Railroad
• RR
• Train
• Cheyenne
• Wyoming
• Archer
• Hill
• Centennial

[DASCO2136]

What kind of horns did the 6900s have?

[hoolg]

I'm really not sure my man but I tould think a bit of online hunting would give you an answer.

[UnionPacificBigBoy]

Nice shots, one thing though, it's Centennial not Centenial

[hoolg]

Oopse, typo. I'll take care of it this afternoon.

Thanks for spotting it!

[FlatBlackXtreme]

they can flat move out there.

[hoolg]

Oh yah. I'm sure they're track is even higher rated today.

[cc10266]

@DASCO2136 Some had S5Ts and some had S3Ls. 6936 Currently has an S3L.

[DASCO2136]

Given the noses that the 6900s had, would it be safe to say that they were the first 'wide cab' units in America?

[little1sinbad]

Wow these baby's are big! They look almost twice the length of the SD40-2's they are consisted with, though I know they are 98' 5" to the SD40-2's 68' 10", they look much bigger!

[geomodelrailroader]

1:27 #6922 is in Bailey Yard on display. 6936 behind it belongs to Steam Shop

[kmothersil]

To basically answer your question the first two DDA40Xs have Leslie Supertyfon model S5TRRO while the third one had an S3LR horn.

[kmothersil]

Yep these engines have a nice Leslie S5TRRO horn. Great video.

[844jim]

Love it, truly Unlimited Power...

[Krause12689]

archer is way steeper than the video portrays it to be

[NNNautilus]

You can still see this locomotive on the rails. 6936 regularly hauls the UP Business Train.