My Kato #37-10D Union Pacific NW2 Switcher Phase I # D.S. 1003 came in earlier than expected! Wowsa! I was surprised after going to out to vote and came back...there it was on my porch waiting for me!
I tested it out right a way as I couldn't wait! Here is a few shots.
Some of you may wonder why did UP have this scheme and when?
The EMC demonstrator 889 was built in October 1939 and sold to UP as their D.S.1000 in March 1940. The road number included "D.S." (for Diesel Switch) as part of the railroad's locomotive identification scheme which reflected UP's desire to segregate its "motorized" locomotives from its steam locomotives.
UP NW2s D.S.1000 to D.S.1035 were delivered in UP's original black switcher paint scheme. The locomotives using this paint scheme were painted black with yellow striping (white on D.S.1000) and yellow lettering, with "Serves All The West" in yellow on the left cab side and "Road of the Challengers" in red on the right side. UP D.S.1000 originally had a multi-colored "Overland" shield on its cab sides for a short period of time. All UP switchers (EMD, ALCo, F-M, and Baldwin) in the black switcher scheme were repainted to the later standard yellow and gray scheme beginning in mid 1947 and used the now standard red-with-black edging lettering. The original cab-side slogan of "Road of the Challengers" was changed to "Road of the Streamliners" at the same time.
You can read more about the history at this link below:
Information about Union Pacific Early Diesel Switchers.
utahrails.net
Here's a nice picture of a few units at the round house......