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Viewing Album:  The pre-Borg UP
 
By:Mike Woodruff
Dates:1/1/1972 - 1/1/1980
Album Info:UP action from before they began absorbing everything else.
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N&W 1900
Title:  N&W 1900
Description:  Run-through N&W pool power on an eastbound UP freight at Topeka. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 10:36:58 AM
Location:  Topeka, KS
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1900(U28B)
Views:  1720   Comments: 0
UP 3088
Title:  UP 3088
Description:  Just ten months old in this view, UP 3088 would be retired 10/91 and sold to Helm 7/92. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 10:42:55 AM
Location:  Topeka, KS
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3088(SD40)
Views:  657   Comments: 0
UP 335
Title:  UP 335
Description:  UP 335 is a so-called "Omaha GP20" - a late GP9 that UP fitted with an aftermarket turbocharger for a 2,000 hp rating. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 10:28:45 AM
Location:  Topeka, KS
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 335(GP20)
Views:  1031   Comments: 1
UP 71
Title:  UP 71
Description:  An "only on the UP" consist of DD35A, two GP30Bs and a U50C. Eastbound crossing the Green River, date approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 7:21:44 PM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 71(DD35A)
Views:  1809   Comments: 5
UP 175
Title:  UP 175
Description:  UP 175 was not retired until 3/85. She was sold for scrap to the Erman Corp. of Turner, KS in 8/85.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 2:10:50 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 175(GP9)
Views:  1146   Comments: 3
UP 254
Title:  UP 254
Description:  UP 254 was retired 9/76, sold to PNC and rebuilt 8/67 to C&NW GP7R 4395. Sold to Relco 4/90, is believed extant as RLCX 1609 at North Star Steel, McConnico, AZ. Date of this photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 1:50:26 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Mike Voodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 254(GP9)
Views:  1029   Comments: 0
UP 2850
Title:  UP 2850
Description:  A westbound departs Green River behind a pair of U30Cs, an SD40-2 and two SD24Bs. UP 2850 would be retired 3/85 after just 12 years of service, was traded into EMD 5/86. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 7:02:55 PM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 2850(U30C)
Views:  725   Comments: 2
UP 2889
Title:  UP 2889
Description:  Six UP U30Cs head up a westbound ore train that came off of the USSX Atlantic City line at Rock Springs. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 9:58:10 AM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2889(U30C)
Views:  884   Comments: 2
UP 3094
Title:  UP 3094
Description:  A westbound is ready to depart Green River after a crew change behind an SD40 and two SD40-2s. UP 3094 was retired 8/87 and sold to Helm 1/88. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 10:09:43 AM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3094(SD40)
Views:  813   Comments: 0
UP 413
Title:  UP 413
Description:  An SD24 and a GP20 in the Green River engine terminal. UP 413 was one of the last active SD24s on UP, retired 3/85 and traded into EMD 5/86. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 6:03:57 PM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 413(SD24)
Views:  1325   Comments: 0
UP 5028
Title:  UP 5028
Description:  UP U50C 5028 was retired 2/78 when she was less than seven years old. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 7:34:29 PM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  UP 5028(U50C)
Views:  1213   Comments: 2
UP 711
Title:  UP 711
Description:  GP30s work the yard at Green River as a soda ash train pulls in and a westbound freight departs. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 11:02:32 AM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 711(GP30)
Views:  877   Comments: 0
UP 722
Title:  UP 722
Description:  This group of four-axle power was kept at Green River for use on locals and soda ash trains. UP 722 was retired 11/82 and sold to the AT&SF for parts, 2/84. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 6:39:49 PM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 722(GP30)
Views:  690   Comments: 0
UP 74
Title:  UP 74
Description:  An ABB combination gets underway out of Green River with a westbound pig train. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 5:53:36 PM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  1941   Comments: 4
UP 762
Title:  UP 762
Description:  Power at the small engine servicing facility in Salina includes run-through N&W pool power and former GP35 demo UP 762. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 11:41:54 AM
Location:  Salina, KS
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 762(GP35) NW 4153(GP38AC)
Views:  1222   Comments: 0
UP 762
Title:  UP 762
Description:  UP 762, shown in the yard at Salina, KS, was EMD GP35 demonstrator 5652 built in July 1963, and operated in demonstrator service with GP35 5654 and DD35 demonstrators 5653 and 5655 before being sold to UP in 5/64. Retired by UP in 6/85, she was stored for a number of years on the Council Bluffs Railway, finally scrapped at Illinois Railway Supply in 11/94. Date of this photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 11:35:33 AM
Location:  Salina, KS
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 762(GP35)
Views:  1581   Comments: 0
UP 832
Title:  UP 832
Description:  An eastbound soda ash train behind GP30s and GP9Bs enters the yard at Green River. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/23/2009 10:29:40 AM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 832(GP30)
Views:  981   Comments: 0
UP 853
Title:  UP 853
Description:  A pair of GP30s in UP's small yard at Salina, KS. UP 853 would be retired 3/84 and sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding 12/85. Date of this photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 10:59:05 AM
Location:  Salina, KS
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 853(GP30)
Views:  465   Comments: 0
UP 873
Title:  UP 873
Description:  UP 873 was retired 1/87 and scrapped at Pielet Bros. 6/87.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 6:27:35 PM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 873(GP30)
Views:  589   Comments: 0
UP eastbound pig train
Title:  UP eastbound pig train
Description:  An eastbound UP pig train behind a GP35, 2 Centennials and an SD24B, high above the Green River. This location, just west of town, is called Fish Cut on the railroad and Jamestown on the highway. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/22/2009 5:44:37 PM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  341   Comments: 0
UP 1409
Title:  UP 1409
Description:  Adorned with at least three sets of horns, UP SDP35 1409 leads a Falcon train westbound near Maxwell. The 1409 became the last operating SDP35 on UP when she was pulled from storage at Yermo, CA in 6/83 to protect Amtrak's California Zephyr operation across Wyoming. She was retired 1/85 and sold for scrap to the Erman Corporation of Turner, KS in 12/85. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/8/2009 10:05:50 AM
Location:  Maxwell, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 1409(SDP35)
Views:  1882   Comments: 4
UP 25510 and 447
Title:  UP 25510 and 447
Description:  UP 25510, a CA-8 caboose, was built 8/64, retired 12/86, donated to "Westfair" in Coucil Bluffs, IA in 1987, sold to a private individual and moved to his residence near Kansas City, 9/04. UP 447 didn't fare quite as well. Built 8/60 as EMD SD24 demo 7202, she was retired 9/8/81 and sold for scrap to Azcon Hyman Michaels (Alton, IL) 2/82. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/7/2009 7:48:14 PM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 447(SD24)
Views:  1632   Comments: 3
UP 2900
Title:  UP 2900
Description:  A pair of U30Cs lead a C&NW SD40 on this westbound at North Platte. UP 2900 was retired 3/7/88 and traded in to GE 8/24/88. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/8/2009 9:51:08 AM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2900(U30C)
Views:  631   Comments: 1
UP 2942
Title:  UP 2942
Description:  UP 2942, shown on one of the shop tracks at Bailey Yard with WP U23B 2252 and GP30 847, was retired before reaching her 11th birthday and traded in to GE 6/87. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/7/2009 9:40:59 PM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2942(U30C) WP 2252(U23B)
Views:  1071   Comments: 1
UP 3033
Title:  UP 3033
Description:  UP 3033 leads two N&W units in the Fishwick non-paint scheme into North Platte with a westbound. UP 3033 was retired 1/12/87 and sold to Helm. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/8/2009 9:11:26 AM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3033(SD40)
Views:  834   Comments: 0
UP 3040
Title:  UP 3040
Description:  This SD40X unit was formerly EMD demo 434A, among the first built with the AR-10 alternator and 645 engine. It had flared radiators like an SD45 and rode on an SD35 frame. UP 3040 was retired 8/86 and traded in to EMD. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/7/2009 8:02:09 PM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3040(SD40)
Views:  1439   Comments: 6
UP 6900
Title:  UP 6900
Description:  UP's original Centennial unit screams west through Sutherland leading another Centennial and a "fast forty" SD40-2. Note that the UP mainline was still comprised of jointed rail at this time! UP 6900 was later retired 6/25/84 and donated to the City of Omaha where she is displayed in Kenefick Park. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/4/2009 3:57:14 PM
Location:  Sutherland, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6900(DDA40X)
Views:  1824   Comments: 2
UP 6911
Title:  UP 6911
Description:  A fast UP pig train behind two Centennials sandwiching a "fast forty" SD40-2 zips through Sutherland. UP 6911 was retired 6/25/84, donated to the Mexican Institute of Technology in Mexico City 3/85. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/4/2009 4:47:11 PM
Location:  Sutherland, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6911(DDA40X)
Views:  1135   Comments: 1
UP 6936
Title:  UP 6936
Description:  Long before her days as a celebrity, UP 6936 is shown in a Mutt & Jeff lashup with GP35 747 on a westbound at North Platte. UP 6936 was withdrawn from regular freight service and transferred to the Heritage Fleet 5/6/85. UP 747 was not so lucky. Retired 6/25/85, she went to the AAR test facility in Pueblo, CO. Disposition unknown. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/8/2009 9:33:01 AM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6936(DDA40X) UP 747(GP35)
Views:  2180   Comments: 2
UP 6938
Title:  UP 6938
Description:  A pair of Centennials cruises east through Sutherland enroute to Bailey Yard in North Platte. UP 6938 was retired May 25, 1985, cosmetically restored and displayed at Jenks Shops in North Little Rock, AR, 11/89. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/7/2009 7:19:02 PM
Location:  Sutherland, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6938(DDA40X)
Views:  1476   Comments: 2
UP 8066
Title:  UP 8066
Description:  UP 8066, one of 100 "fast forty" SD40-2s built with the "high speed" 59:18 gear ratio (for running with the 6900 Centennials), leads a N&W SD45, an SP SD45 and an SP tunnel motor on an eastbound at Sutherland. She was later renumbered to UP 3401. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/4/2009 4:21:44 PM
Location:  Sutherland, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8066(SD40-2)
Views:  770   Comments: 1
UP 8070
Title:  UP 8070
Description:  One of UP's "Fast Forty" SD40-2s with the 59:18 gearing leads a pair of WP GP40s on a westbound pig train. UP 8070 was renumbered to UP 3405 in 3/82. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/7/2009 7:32:45 PM
Location:  Sutherland, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8070(SD40-2)
Views:  497   Comments: 0
UP "Omaha" and 103
Title:  UP "Omaha" and 103
Description:  UP deluxe sleeper "Omaha" (2nd) and Business Car 103 (6th) on the former depot track at North Platte. The "Omaha" was built by ACF in 1950 as 12-4 sleeper "Western Star" and later rebuilt to 11 bedroom sleeper 1608 "Sunrest" in 1965. Remodeled to 8 br deluxe sleeper "Omaha" (2nd) in 1974, now UPP 200. Business Car 103 (6th) was built by P-S in 1956 as 5 br/lounge "Baker". It is now UPP 103 "Cheyenne".
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/7/2009 9:25:29 PM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  4450   Comments: 2
UP S-3
Title:  UP S-3
Description:  UP SD7 458 and slug S-3 form a "ten motor slug set" at Bailey Yard. Slug S-3 was rebuilt from GP9B 301B in 10/74. It was retired and scrapped 9/82. SD7 458 was retired 10/80, sold to PNC, then to ICG and rebuilt as ICG SD20 2032. It was later CC 2032, NREX 2032. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/7/2009 8:52:32 PM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP S3(Yard Slug) UP 458(SD7)
Views:  4137   Comments: 3
UP 2899
Title:  UP 2899
Description:  UP 2899 was retired 8/86 and traded in to EMD. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  3/1/1979  Upload Date: 10/16/2009 12:36:07 PM
Location:  Lawrence, KS
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2899(U30C)
Views:  567   Comments: 1
UP 853
Title:  UP 853
Description:  Contrast between a classic paint scheme and a non-paint scheme. UP 853 was retired 3/15/84 and scrapped 12/85. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  3/1/1979  Upload Date: 10/16/2009 12:53:20 PM
Location:  Lawrence, KS
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 853(GP30)
Views:  487   Comments: 1
UP 954
Title:  UP 954
Description:  UP E9As 954 and 960 lead a westbound OCS at Lawrence on the Kansas Division. Both units were retired 7/31/80 and scrapped. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  3/1/1979  Upload Date: 10/16/2009 11:47:45 AM
Location:  Lawrence, KS
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  UP 954(E9A) UP 960(E9A)
Views:  1034   Comments: 3
UP 960
Title:  UP 960
Description:  UP E9As 954 and 960 lead a westbound OCS at Lawrence on the Kansas Division. Both units were retired 7/31/80 and scrapped. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  3/1/1979  Upload Date: 10/16/2009 11:48:05 AM
Location:  Lawrence, KS
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 960(E9A) UP 954(E9A)
Views:  551   Comments: 1
UP 114
Title:  UP 114
Description:  As Chris suggests below, this is likely UP 114, ex-UP 103, nee-UP "Boise", a 5 br/lounge built by P-S in 1956. Car was later UPP 114 "Feather River". Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  3/1/1979  Upload Date: 10/16/2009 11:48:25 AM
Location:  Lawrence, KS
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  627   Comments: 3

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