Here are a few photos taken in Little Rock, Arkansas, the first one I took in 1996 of the Olympic UP 1996, painted green for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Others were taken in  in November, 2006. Included are: UP 1996 Olympic Unit *** CSX 289 *** UP 9509, 5221, 3309 *** CEFX 3166 *** Rio Grande patched 8612 *** NS 2777.



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LEFT-UP painted these SD40-2's for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in 1996. It is seen here outside Little Rock, Arkansas in 1996, speeding by about 60 mph thus the blur(. One unit was numberd 1996, but according to posts on Trainorders.com, they were quickly repainted UP yellow again.  Another post from Trainorders.com:  One was: UP 8046 to UP 3316 to *UP 1896* to UP 3100 to UP 3097 the other: UP 3339 to UP B3339 back to UP 3339 to *UP 1996* to UP 3101 to UP 3098 (the current number on the unit). RIGHT-The end of the special Olympic train. The Olympics were the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. These photos were in a shoebox for years. I scanned the original negatives. These were taken by me, Ken Ziegenbein.


LEFT-CSX 289, November 12, 2006 at 11:53 p.m. RIGHT-UP 9509, November 19, 2006 at 10:31 a.m., southbound.


LEFT-CEFX 3166, 10:40 a.m. November 19. RIGHT-UP 5221, 10:52 a.m. November 19.


LEFT-Rio Grande 8612 with UP patch, November 24, 8:20 a.m. RIGHT-UP 3309, 9:54 a.m. November 24.


NS 2777, 10:07 a.m. There were no trains during the next hour, so I left.