President George H.W. Bush's funeral train, pulled by locomotive No. 4141, carried his casket 70 miles during his final journey from Westfield to College Station, Texas, Dec. 6.
either it will go back to its UP colors or it will be gutted and donated, the current status of it keeps going back and forth through what people can make out
Source? Just an official statement made by a UP representative during the actual funeral train movement live stream. It was stated that it would be placed at the library upon the end of the run. Evidently they have changed their mind..
As it should, It quite literally pulled history. It would be disrespectful for the locomotive to be used in regular freight service with the possibility of getting damaged.
Definitely not a heritage unit just the upper crust of society, flaunting their wealth and power built upon the backs of thousands of others. And I say it was perfectly appropriate to put the casket in the baggage car because that’s all he was was baggage.
4141 will now stand to attention and look after her namesake president and his wife. Rest in piece Mr.President, your 70 Series has come home to the library.
I’m surprised they don’t do this with engineers and conductors I’ve searched all over the place and I’ve never seen trains in memory of Cruise that died in the line of duty
I plan to work for UP in the future and, oh man, I can't explain how it feels just to want to work for UP when the company has so much involvement with the United States. May President H.W. Bush rest in peace. Thank you Union Pacific!
