2017年10月24日 · Known in the railfan community as the Proviso Twins, these 2 engines have spent the last 22 years owned by UP, but never having been patched or painted. For the last several months, they have been...

2024年3月30日 · 10 years ago, I was lucky to see one of the CNW unpatched "twins" as they were referred to- #8701 not once but three separate times in three different locations. On two of those three...

2017年12月18日 · C&NW Nos. 8701 and 8646 roll intermodal traffic westbound through Rochelle, Ill. earlier this year. Chris Guss NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Union Pacific is on a quest to create a unified fleet of locomotives all wearing its corporate paint scheme, and the two most visual casualties will be Chicago & North Western C44-9Ws Nos. 8646 and 8701.

2015年11月3日 · Union Pacific’s former Chicago & North Western locomotives Nos. 8646 and 8701 lead a manifest train into Milwaukee. The units are now in storage at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Ill.

Rocketing out of Idalia after a crew change at North Dexter is CNW 8701, one of the Last 2 CNW's on the point of UP Train QNLCH 10, which left North Little Rock, AR the night before at 23:23. The 8701 had been in UP's Jenks Shops at North Little Rock, AR since 3-31-06 and spent over 2 months there for maintenance.

Reliable sources on local lists have reported the the last two CNW-painted engines, 8676 and 8701, have been pulled from storage at the Illinois Railway Museum. Sadly, both appear to be on their way to North Little Rock for new UP yellow/gray paint.

CNW 8701 is caught headed eastbound on the Elkhorn River bridge just west of Galt, IL on 9/05/2004. This bridge was demolished in a derailment on May 3, 2005. Photo by Jerry Krug.

CNW 8646 and 8701 were the last remaining unpatched CNW locomotives on the roster and were kept at Illinois Railway Museum until 2017 took them to be repainted and put back in service. Records indicate that they were renumbered to UP 9750 and 9805.

2025年1月6日 · c&nw 8701 Description: Rumor has it that every time these locomotives are due for a repaint at Jenks, they mysteriously end up at the far reaches of the UP system.

2016年7月24日 · Chicago and Northwestern 8701 and 8646, both GE C44-9Ws built in 1994, are switched along with CNW SD40-2 6847 by CNW RSD5 1689. They were moved from the steam leads up to the mainline to...