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UP 246 |
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UP 246, UP 249, & BN 1704, at the roundhouse in the late afternoon |
Photo Date: |
8/23/1975 Upload Date: 1/6/2018 8:11:17 PM |
Location: |
Lewiston, ID |
Author: |
J Fischer |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 246(B30-7A) BN 1704(GP9) UP 249(GP9) |
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745 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 246 |
Description: |
UP 246 at the roundhouse in the late afternoon |
Photo Date: |
8/23/1975 Upload Date: 1/6/2018 8:11:32 PM |
Location: |
Lewiston, ID |
Author: |
J Fischer |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
UP 246(B30-7A) |
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266 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 246 |
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Photo Date: |
12/28/1986 Upload Date: 12/18/2020 6:06:08 PM |
Location: |
Gorham, IL |
Author: |
John Carpenter |
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Locomotives: |
UP 246(B30-7A) |
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160 Comments: 0 |
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UP 246 |
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Photo Date: |
12/3/1988 Upload Date: 5/28/2011 1:06:31 PM |
Location: |
Dolton, IL |
Author: |
Tom Golden |
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Locomotives: |
UP 246(B30-7A) |
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215 Comments: 0 |
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MP GP15-1 1658 |
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MP GP15-1 1658 and UP B30-7A 246 at Cotter, Arkansas on January 24, 1989, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. So there is no mistake, 246 is heading uphill. |
Photo Date: |
1/24/1989 Upload Date: 5/30/2011 3:26:06 PM |
Location: |
Cotter, AR |
Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 246(B30-7A) MP 1658(GP15-1) |
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805 Comments: 0 |
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UP B30-7A 246 |
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Union Pacific Railroad B30-7A 246 and GP39-2 2362 crossing the White River at Cotter, Arkansas on January 24, 1989, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Although the river appears placid, it was not always so. I've seen one photograph of the water flooding to within a few feet of the bottom of the bridge spans. In the 1940's a dam was constructed about ten miles upsteam and the danger of flooding all but disappeared. About the bridge; The following is from the book, The White River Railway, by Walter M. Adams: The plan for the bridge was approved May 25, 1903. A contract was let to the Phoenix Bridge Company and work got under way. Since the U. S. Corps of Engineers determined that the White River was a navigable waterway, a turn span had to be introduced to permit steamboats free progress up the river. The turn span was 285 feet long and the elevation from the top of the rail on the span to low water level was 59 feet (which was 410 feet above sea level). The bridge was designed to handle a 35 foot rise which would give a plus or minus 15 foot clearance from high water. The total length of the bridge, not including the short five panel timber trestle approaches at each end, was 1091 feet, 7½ inches. The grade from milepost 381.8, just north of the final location of the Cotter depot, to the first masonry pier was ascending at 1%. The first three steel deck girder spans were level, the turn span and next girder span were level, while the last six deck girder spans started climbing and elevated the grade two plus feet in 320 feet. The total length of each deck girder spans was 80 feet 3½ inches.The grade then returned to a steady 1% up through the tunnel (roughly 1000 feet past the bridge) and continued to milepost 391.6. Since the bulk of the bridge was brought in by steamboat and barge, there was no need to wait for the completion of the railroad to Cotter to commence construction. By June 1904, trains began operating over the bridge, but the turn span was not completed until June 20. The turn span was operated just once, for testing and acceptance by the railroad, and never turned again. The arrival of the railroad in Cotter killed off the steamboat business. |
Photo Date: |
1/24/1989 Upload Date: 9/27/2014 11:13:02 AM |
Location: |
Cotter, AR |
Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
Categories: |
Bridge |
Locomotives: |
UP 246(B30-7A) UP 2362(GP39-2) |
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479 Comments: 4 |
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UP GP15-1 1670 |
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Union Pacific Railroad GP15-1 1670 leading GP38-2 2081, and B30-7A 246 at Cotter, Arkansas on January 27, 1989, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The White River is in the foreground. The railroad generally followed the course of the river for the next 30 or 40 miles to the right in this photo. I heard the locals refer to the track the train is on as Ten Track, |
Photo Date: |
1/27/1989 Upload Date: 11/22/2014 10:11:12 AM |
Location: |
Cotter, AR |
Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 1670(GP15-1) UP 2081(GP38-2) UP 246(B30-7A) |
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474 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
UP B30-7A 246 |
Description: |
Union Pacific Railroad B30-7A 246 at Cotter, Arkansas on May 6, 1990, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Also seen is UP GP40 509 and MP GP38-2 2273. |
Photo Date: |
5/6/1990 Upload Date: 9/12/2018 6:25:44 PM |
Location: |
Cotter, AR |
Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
UP 246(B30-7A) UP 509(GP40) MP 2273(GP38-2) |
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315 Comments: 0 |
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