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By:Wil Hata
Dates:1/1/1956 - 12/31/2000
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Charging Out
Title:  Charging Out
Description:  4-6-6-4 3966 storms out of LaSalle with a freight while one of the S-2 1114 shuffles cars.
Photo Date:  2/19/1956  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 6:30:35 PM
Location:  LaSalle, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Views:  147   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4012
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4012
Description:  With a passenger train on the next track, 4-8-8-4 4012 departs Cheyenne in April 1956. 4012 came from ALCo in October 1941. It was retired and placed in storage in February 1962. In August 1964, 4012 was donated to Steamtown.
Photo Date:  4/1/1956  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 7:00:22 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 2-8-0 355
Title:  Union Pacific 2-8-0 355
Description:  Waiting for the torch at Denver was 2-8-0 355. 355 had been built by Baldwin in 1904 as Southern Pacific 2699. It was sold to UP in 1910, becoming UP 355. It was out of service in this photo, but was briefly returned to service and renumbered 6355 in 1957. It would be retired for good in May 1958.
Photo Date:  8/6/1956  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 7:58:14 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 355(2-8-0)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 2-8-0 6264
Title:  Union Pacific 2-8-0 6264
Description:  Parked at Denver back to back it another locomotive was 2-8-0 6264. 6264 was built by Baldwin in March 1907 as UP 264. It was renumbered to 6264 in 1953 and retired in April 1959. 6264 was then donated to Sons of Utah Pioneers and moved to Corinne, Utah. It was sold to the Heber Creeper in 1980. The Nevada State Railroad Museum would acquire 6264 in 1992 and moved it to Boulder City where it is on display.
Photo Date:  8/6/1956  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:16:06 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 6264(2-8-0)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4018
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4018
Description:  Emerging from the fog at Dale Junction, WY, 4-8-8-4 4018 roars through the mist. 4018 was built by ALCo in December 1941. It was retired in July 1962 and donated to the Texas State Fairgrounds.
Photo Date:  8/19/1956  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 7:03:43 PM
Location:  Dale Jct., WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4020
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4020
Description:  Trundling through the switch work at Cheyenne, 4-8-8-4 4020 weaves along with a freight. 4020 came from ALCo in November 1944. It was retired in July 1962 and sold for scrap in May 1963.
Photo Date:  8/19/1956  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 7:06:24 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 4020(4-8-8-4)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
North from Denver
Title:  North from Denver
Description:  Heading out of Denver in September 1956, 2-8-2 2498 rushes by with a train of tankcars.
Photo Date:  9/3/1956  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 10:13:52 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 2498(2-8-2)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
North from Brighton
Title:  North from Brighton
Description:  Continuing on north, 2-8-2 2498 departs Brighton, CO at 15 MPH. The tankcars have been dropped and boxcars have taken their place.
Photo Date:  9/3/1956  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 10:16:57 PM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 2498(2-8-2)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 2-8-2 2497
Title:  Union Pacific 2-8-2 2497
Description:  Clanking along at 10 MPH near Dupont, CO, 2-8-2 2497 leads a local freight. 2497 was built by ALCo in September 1918 as UP 2312. It was renumbered to 2497 in 1920. 2497 would be retired in June 1958.
Photo Date:  9/15/1956  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 10:11:59 PM
Location:  Dupont, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 2497(2-8-2)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 2-8-2 2498
Title:  Union Pacific 2-8-2 2498
Description:  Sitting under the coaling tower at Denver was 2-8-2 2498. Built in September 1918 by ALCo, 2498 was originally 2313. It was renumbered to 2498 in 1920. Retirement would come in June 1948.
Photo Date:  9/15/1956  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 10:18:25 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 2498(2-8-2)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 2-8-2 2498
Title:  Union Pacific 2-8-2 2498
Description:  Making a smoky move, 2-8-2 2498 rolls back toward the coaling tower at Denver.
Photo Date:  9/15/1956  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 10:19:19 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 2498(2-8-2)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4011
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4011
Description:  Viewed from almost rail level, 4-8-8-4 4011 simmers at Cheyenne in September 1958. It was built by ALCo in October 1941 and was retired in July 1962.
Photo Date:  9/7/1958  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 6:58:07 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 4011(4-8-8-4)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
West at Speer
Title:  West at Speer
Description:  Traveling along west at Speer, 4-8-8-4 4015 passes by with a mixed freight. 4015 arrived from ALCo in November 1941 and was retired in August 1961.
Photo Date:  9/7/1958  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 7:01:43 PM
Location:  Speer, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 4015(4-8-8-4)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4015
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4015
Description:  Parked at Cheyenne, having come in with a freight, is 4-8-8-4 4015.
Photo Date:  9/7/1958  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 7:08:59 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 4015(4-8-8-4)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4019
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4019
Description:  Steaming it up under the coaling tower at Laramie is 4-8-8-4 4019. Having been built by ALCo in December 1941, 4019 was retired in January 1962.
Photo Date:  9/7/1958  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 7:04:39 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 4019(4-8-8-4)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4022
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4022
Description:  With smoke and steam emitting profusely, 4-8-8-4 4022 is at Cheyenne during September 1958. 4022 was built by ALCo in November 1944 and was retired in February 1962.
Photo Date:  9/7/1958  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 7:07:13 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 4022(4-8-8-4)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4011
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4011
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/1958  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 10:24:48 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Views:  181   Comments: 0
Waiting to Clear
Title:  Waiting to Clear
Description:  4-8-8-4 4011 sits at the limits of Cheyenne, waiting for a passenger train to clear the yard lead.
Photo Date:  9/21/1958  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 6:59:12 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 4011(4-8-8-4)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
Union Pacific GP9 199
Title:  Union Pacific GP9 199
Description:  Running as Extra 199, GP9 199 tows cars through Eaton, CO in November 1958. 199 had been built by EMD in April 1954. It would be wrecked in June 1964 at Stauffer, WY.
Photo Date:  11/30/1958  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 7:56:26 PM
Location:  Eaton, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 199(GP9)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Description:  With a baggage car coupled on, 4-8-4 8444 backs down onto an excursion train at Rawlins.
Photo Date:  9/13/1962  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:23:34 PM
Location:  Rawlins, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Description:  Taken during 1963.
Photo Date:  1/1/1963  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 7:49:41 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Views:  105   Comments: 0
In the Wyoming Fields
Title:  In the Wyoming Fields
Description:  Rolling through the Wyoming countryside, 8444 has an excursion in tow during June 1963.
Photo Date:  6/2/1963  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:14:22 PM
Location:  Unknown, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Description:  Seen at what is likely Laramie, 4-8-4 8444 is at the head of one of its many excursion runs.
Photo Date:  6/2/1963  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:24:47 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
Heading Out of Laramie
Title:  Heading Out of Laramie
Description:  4-8-4 8444 heads out of Laramie with an excursion, circa June 1963.
Photo Date:  6/2/1963  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:26:01 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Views:  47   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Description:  Having arrived with an excursion train, 8444 runs light through the yard in Cheyenne.
Photo Date:  6/2/1963  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:27:01 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
Steaming at Speer
Title:  Steaming at Speer
Description:  Rushing along near Speer, 8444 heads up a train load of enthusiasts during June 1963.
Photo Date:  6/2/1963  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:28:15 PM
Location:  Speer, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Description:  Having stopped for a photo run, 8444 poses at Dale Junction.
Photo Date:  9/13/1964  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 8:59:07 PM
Location:  Dale Jct., WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
Movie Run
Title:  Movie Run
Description:  With railfans strewn over the hillside, 8444 makes a movie run for the cameras at Emkay.
Photo Date:  9/13/1964  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:02:09 PM
Location:  Emkay, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Smoking Up Perkins
Title:  Smoking Up Perkins
Description:  Making another runby, 8444 smokes up the landscape as it charges through Perkins, WY with a Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion.
Photo Date:  9/13/1964  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:04:23 PM
Location:  Perkins, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Arrival at Rawlins
Title:  Arrival at Rawlins
Description:  Having rolled in from the east, 8444 stops at Rawlins, WY with a Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion.
Photo Date:  9/13/1964  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:05:30 PM
Location:  Rawlins, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Movie Run 2
Title:  Movie Run 2
Description:  Having stormed closer, 8444 continues to put on a show for the cameras during a runby at Emkay.
Photo Date:  9/23/1964  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:03:15 PM
Location:  Emkay, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Title:  Union Pacific 4-8-4 8444
Description:  Sitting at UP's 40th Street yard in Denver, 8444 readies to head to Union Station to pick up an excursion train.
Photo Date:  1/13/1967  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:26:38 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Meeting of Commerce
Title:  Meeting of Commerce
Description:  DD35s 76 and 81 meet at Commerce City north of Denver September 1967. It appears a crew change was going on aboard 81. Both units were built in 1965. Both would also be retired in August 1981 and sold for scrap in 1982.
Photo Date:  9/1/1967  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 7:52:04 PM
Location:  Commerce City, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 76(DD35A) UP 81(DD35A)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Headed for Sterling
Title:  Headed for Sterling
Description:  Running along the line to Sterling, 8444 handles an excursion run to that Colorado town.
Photo Date:  7/26/1980  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:09:32 PM
Location:  Sterling, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Union Pacific GP30 703
Title:  Union Pacific GP30 703
Description:  From a damaged negative.
Photo Date:  8/1/1980  Upload Date: 10/14/2023 7:55:52 PM
Location:  LaSalle, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 703(GP30)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
UP Meets SLSF
Title:  UP Meets SLSF
Description:  From a damaged negative.
Photo Date:  8/1/1980  Upload Date: 10/14/2023 7:56:58 PM
Location:  unknown, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 3091(SD40) SLSF 947(SD45)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
Mini Freight
Title:  Mini Freight
Description:  Rushing along with a short freight, 8444 speeds by during one August 31 in the 1980s.
Photo Date:  8/31/1980  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:10:56 PM
Location:  Fort Lupton, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Union Grande
Title:  Union Grande
Description:  Heading south for Denver, U30C 2816 and a trio of Rio Grande units (GP40 3070, GP40-2 3115 and GP30 3008) move a train through Fort Lupton at 9:15 in the morning. Lead 2816 was built by GE in April 1972. It would be retired in May 1985.
Photo Date:  5/21/1983  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 10:20:59 PM
Location:  Fort Lupton, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 2816(U30C)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
Southbound Racks & Flats
Title:  Southbound Racks & Flats
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/28/1983  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 11:01:24 PM
Location:  Fort Lupton, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
Fort Lupton South
Title:  Fort Lupton South
Description:  With DDA40X 6936 and some boxcars in tow, 8444 heads south through Fort Lupton bound for Denver. The famous Northern was headed for display at Transportation Week.
Photo Date:  5/10/1987  Upload Date: 10/9/2023 9:10:10 PM
Location:  Fort Lupton, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
Coal at Wyocolo
Title:  Coal at Wyocolo
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/3/1992  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 11:02:13 PM
Location:  Wyocolo, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Views:  62   Comments: 0
Eastbound Coal at Fox Park
Title:  Eastbound Coal at Fox Park
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/3/1992  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 11:02:53 PM
Location:  Fox Park, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
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Views:  49   Comments: 0
Challenger Revival
Title:  Challenger Revival
Description:  Steaming along with the 40th anniversary Rocky Mountain Railroad Club special, 4-6-6-4 3985 was disguised as 3967.
Photo Date:  5/15/1993  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 6:33:11 PM
Location:  unknown, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Views:  40   Comments: 0
3967 Revival
Title:  3967 Revival
Description:  Steaming along with the 40th anniversary Rocky Mountain Railroad Club special, 4-6-6-4 3985 was disguised as 3967.
Photo Date:  5/15/1993  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 6:31:11 PM
Location:  unknown, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Views:  46   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3967/3985
Title:  Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3967/3985
Description:  Steaming along with the 40th anniversary Rocky Mountain Railroad Club special, 4-6-6-4 3985 was disguised as 3967.
Photo Date:  5/15/1993  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 6:32:08 PM
Location:  unknown, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Views:  41   Comments: 0
Union Pacific GP39-2 2357
Title:  Union Pacific GP39-2 2357
Description:  Built by EMD in January 1977, GP39-2 2357 was originally Kennecott Copper 788. 788 was sold to the MKT in 1984 and renumbered 387. It would pass to UP in the 1988 merger. That same year, 387 would become UP 2357. In 2002, 2357 was renumbered to 1207.
Photo Date:  3/26/1994  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 10:10:54 PM
Location:  LaSalle, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 2357(GP39-2)
Views:  41   Comments: 0
Union Pacific GP38-2 2331
Title:  Union Pacific GP38-2 2331
Description:  Coupled to 2318 in the yard at LaSalle is GP38-2 2331. 2331 was originally Missouri Pacific 2331, built by EMD in July 1981. 1982 would see it become part of the UP roster, but UP paint would not be applied until September 1989. The number 831 would be applied in 2000.
Photo Date:  3/26/1994  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 10:09:17 PM
Location:  LaSalle, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 2331(GP38-2)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
Union Pacific GP38-2 2318
Title:  Union Pacific GP38-2 2318
Description:  GP38-2 2318 is seen at LaSalle in March 1994. 2318 was built in March 1981 as Missouri Paciic 2318. It would become part of the UP fleet in the 1982 merger, but would not receive UP paint until 1988. 2318 would be renumbered 818 in April 2001.
Photo Date:  3/26/1994  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 10:06:58 PM
Location:  LaSalle, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 2318(GP38-2)
Views:  38   Comments: 0
Newly Painted SW1500s
Title:  Newly Painted SW1500s
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/12/1997  Upload Date: 10/13/2023 10:00:39 PM
Location:  Hudson, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 1227(SW1500) UP 1229(SW1500)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
Union Pacific SW1500 1206
Title:  Union Pacific SW1500 1206
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/12/1997  Upload Date: 10/13/2023 9:58:40 PM
Location:  Hudson, CO
Author:  Dave Straight
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Locomotives:  UP 1206(SW1500)
Views:  44   Comments: 0


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