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| Title: |
UP Train |
| Description: |
Union Pacific SD40-2 3149 eases an eastbound train past the Evanston, Wyoming depot at 4:45 P.M. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1977 Upload Date: 4/15/2015 3:39:54 PM |
| Location: |
Evanston, WY |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver, Jr. |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 3149(SD40-2) |
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265 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound MP/UP Train |
| Description: |
A northbound train was preparing to leave the MP/UP Avondale Yard just west of New Orleans with three assorted SD40-2's, while blue MP GP15-2 1672 was switching on an adjacent track. The big engines were yellow MP 3107, yellow UP 3235 and blue MP 3278. |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1985 Upload Date: 3/31/2017 3:49:09 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MP 3107(SD40-2) UP 3235(SD40-2) |
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686 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP SD40-2 3251 |
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A 118-car transfer run from the Seaboard System to the Union Pacific has just changed crews at the Central Avenue grade crossing, and is about to begin climbing the Huey P. Long Bridge. The yellow UP Suburban on the left had just delivered the train's new crew. Carryalls from most of the city's railroads were a common sight here in the days before contract crew haulers and new interchange locations. The train had UP SD40-2 3251 and MP SD40 3076 with 118 cars, of which 84 were auto racks; so it was a VERY long train. The red tank car on the left was the New Orleans Public Belt's fire car for the bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1985 Upload Date: 2/10/2010 12:29:36 PM |
| Location: |
Jefferson, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 3251(SD40-2) |
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576 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Utah Railway Provo Yard |
| Description: |
UP SD40-2's 3298 and 3290, along with SD40 3066, pause between runs next to the Utah Railway's yard office while on lease to the Utah. |
| Photo Date: |
7/6/1978 Upload Date: 3/20/2016 2:26:18 PM |
| Location: |
Provo, UT |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UP 3298(SD40-2) |
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393 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound Rocket Train |
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Union Pacific SD40-2 3316 was powering an eastbound ROCKET TRAIN on the CSX at the Louisa Street grade crossing in New Orleans. A Norfolk Southern crew had just brought the train about 10 miles from the Kansas City Southern and now a CSX crew was on board. The space shuttle rocket motor sections were on their way from the Morton-Thiokol plant at Corinne, Utah to the KENNEDY SPACE CENTER at Cape Canaveral, Florida via the UP to Kansas City, KCS to Shreveport, CSX to Jacksonville, FEC to Titusville, and they completed their journey on NASA’s own railroad. The 8-axle ROCKET CARS usually moved in regular trains, but loaded cars sometimes ran as special movements like this. The train consisted of MP covered hopper 722984, SCL rocket car 109103, KCS rocket car 710032, MP covered hopper 710787, UP rocket car 50031, UP covered hopper 74487, UP rocket car 50021, UP covered hopper 221345, MP caboose 13060, and private car 800313 VIRGINIA CITY. The covered hoppers and the first rocket car were empty "buffer" cars.UP 3316 was an unusual long-nose SNOOT unit, with an interesting history. It was built in July 1976 as the 8046, one of 100 UP SD40-2's specially equipped with 59:18 (80 mph) high-speed gearing. In August 1980 it was refitted with regular 62:15 (65 mph) gearing and renumbered 3316. In April 1996 it received a special paint scheme for use on the UP's Olympic Torch Relay Train and was renumbered 1896; then, in November of that year, it was repainted back into the standard UP paint scheme and renumbered 3100, and on 6 November 2002 it was renumbered UP 3097. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/1980 Upload Date: 3/20/2021 12:48:09 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 3316(SD40-2) |
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372 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound UP |
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This southbound Union Pacific train was at Livonia, Louisiana with seven locomotives and 141 cars. The power consisted of UP SD40-2’s 3536, 3661 and 3521, Cotton Belt B40-8 8084, UP SD40-2’s 3346 and 3378, and EMD SD70M 7010. |
| Photo Date: |
11/2/1997 Upload Date: 7/21/2019 12:21:03 PM |
| Location: |
Livonia, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
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Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
UP 3536(SD40-2) |
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257 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP SD40-2 3769 on NS No. 393 |
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This Birmingham-to-Houston run-through train arrived in New Orleans as Norfolk Southern No. 393 and left as Union Pacific M-NOEWB. Here it was parked on the NS OUTER BELT at Marconi Drive behind UP SD40-2 3769, SD50 5025 and SD40-2 3820, waiting for a UP crew to arrive. |
| Photo Date: |
3/23/2001 Upload Date: 8/2/2019 10:44:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
UP 3769(SD40-2) |
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268 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The New U.P. |
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It was a couple of years after the 1982 MP-WP-UP merger before Union Pacific and Western Pacific locomotives became common on the Missouri Pacific around New Orleans, so it was a real treat to find units from all three roads outside the diesel shop at Avondale yard. From left to right are WP GP40 3531 (with UP SD45 No. 21), UP SD40-2 3785, and MP GP38-2's 2166 and 2205. |
| Photo Date: |
12/15/1984 Upload Date: 11/24/2009 4:07:36 PM |
| Location: |
Avondale, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
WP 3531(GP40) UP 3785(SD40-2) |
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1165 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
UP train FWNO |
| Description: |
Union Pacific train FWNO (Fort Worth to New Orleans) was southbound at Addis, Louisiana with UP SD40-2 4307, MKT GP40 234, UP SD40-2 4131 and an unidentified yellow MP SD40-2. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1989 Upload Date: 7/20/2019 1:09:37 PM |
| Location: |
Addis, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4307(SD40-2) |
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206 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP SD40-2 9935 |
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This westbound run-through train was on the Norfolk Southern’s OUTER BELT at Marconi Dive in New Orleans, waiting for a Union Pacific crew. It had come from either the CSX or NS, and was powered by UP SD40-2 units 9935 and 3460. The well-weathered 9935 was originally Missouri Pacific 3278, then UP 4278, and was renumbered 9935 in June 2000 to free its number for a new SD70M. It was rebuilt into SD38-2 Y858 in January 2002. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2001 Upload Date: 8/3/2019 10:55:21 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9935(SD40-2) |
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193 Comments: 1 |
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