EMD GP35M — 18 units (not assigned UP numbers)
2000 horsepower; B-B trucks; 258,800 pounds operating weight
|
Road Number |
Rebuilt From |
Date Rebuilt |
Date To MP 2600 Series |
Date To MP Yellow |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| MP 2600 | MP 2008 | 18 Aug 1986 | 1 | |||
| MP 2601 | MP 2501 | Nov 1976 | 10 Aug 1987 | 2 | ||
| MP 2602 | MP 2503 | 18 Aug 1986 | 3 | |||
| MP 2603 | MP 2505 | 17 Nov 1984 | 18 Aug 1986 | 4 | ||
| MP 2604 | MP 2506 | 18 Aug 1986 | 5 | |||
| MP 2605 | MP 2507 | 18 Aug 1986 | 6 | |||
| MP 2606 | MP 2512 | 17 Aug 1984 | 10 Aug 1987 | 7 | ||
| MP 2607 | MP 2513 | 18 Aug 1986 | 8 | |||
| MP 2608 | MP 2516 | 18 Aug 1986 | 9 | |||
| MP 2609 | MP 2519 | 18 Aug 1986 | 10 | |||
| MP 2610 | MP 2521 | 18 Aug 1986 | 11 | |||
| MP 2611 | MP 2523 | 18 Aug 1986 | 12 | |||
| MP 2612 | MP 2530 | 18 Aug 1986 | 13 | |||
| MP 2613 | MP 2541 | 18 Aug 1986 | 14 | |||
| MP 2614 | MP 2543 | 18 Aug 1986 | 15 | |||
| MP 2615 | MP 2551 | 29 Apr 1977 | 12 Jun 1978 | Jun 1985 | 16 | |
| MP 2616 | MP 2560 | 21 Mar 1977 | 17 May 1978 | 18 Aug 1986 | 17 | |
| MP 2617 | MP 2500 | Jan 1981 | 18 Aug 1986 | 18 |
General Notes:
| a. | Rebuilt from MP 2500 class GP35s by replacing the 2,500 horsepower EMD 16 cylinder 567D3A turbocharged engine with a 2,000 horsepower EMD 645 non-turbocharged engine. MP 2500 was the first unit completed, originally rebuilt from MP GP35 630, renumbered to MP 2007 (1st), then renumbered to MP 2008, then renumbered again to MP 2600. |
| b. | The MP GP35Ms were last used in local service near North Little Rock, Ark., until mid 1985. |
| c. | MP 2603 and 2606 received yellow and gray paint, with MP lettering. |
| d. | Fifteen units were stored at North Little Rock from mid 1985, and retired on 18 August 1986. All 15 units were sold to Wilson Railway Corp., Des Moines, Iowa, on 5 January 1987, moved in a single train movement to Council Bluffs, Iowa, on 13 February 1987, and delivered to Wilson during June 1987; Wilson sold 11 units to Wisconsin Central in October 1987, who used the units as its first road power as it began operations on 11 October 1987, on 2,002 miles of former Soo Line tracks; the remaining four units were leased to the Kiamichi Railroad in Oklahoma, then sold to Helm Financial upon Wilson's bankruptcy. |
Notes:
GE U30C — 35 units
3000 horsepower; C-C trucks; 393,000 pounds operating weight
|
Road Number |
First Number |
Second Number |
Third Number |
Fourth Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date To MP Yellow |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| MP 2965 | MP 960 | MP 1 | MP 3300 | Mar 1968 | 36700 | 10 Oct 1984 | 24 May 1985 | 1 | |
| MP 2966 | MP 961 | MP 2 | MP 3301 | Mar 1968 | 36701 | 24 May 1985 | 1 | ||
| MP 2967 | MP 962 | MP 3 | MP 3302 | Mar 1968 | 36702 | 8 Oct 1984 | 24 May 1985 | 1 | |
| MP 2968 | MP 963 | MP 4 | MP 3303 | Apr 1968 | 36703 | 17 Oct 1984 | 24 May 1985 | 1 | |
| MP 2969 | MP 964 | MP 5 | MP 3304 | Apr 1968 | 36704 | 24 May 1985 | 1 | ||
| MP 2970 | MP 965 | MP 6 | MP 3305 | Apr 1968 | 36705 | 12 Oct 1984 | 24 May 1985 | 1 | |
| MP 2971 | MP 966 | MP 7 | MP 3306 | May 1969 | 37022 | Jul 1984 | 2 | ||
| MP 2972 | MP 967 | MP 8 | MP 3307 | May 1969 | 37023 | Jul 1984 | 3 | ||
| MP 2973 | MP 968 | MP 9 | MP 3308 | Jun 1969 | 37024 | May 1984 | 4 | ||
| MP 2974 | MP 969 | MP 10 | MP 3309 | Jun 1969 | 37025 | May 1984 | 4 | ||
| MP 2975 | T&P 970 | T&P 11 | MP 11 | MP 3310 | Jun 1970 | 37559 | 24 May 1985 | 1 | |
| MP 2976 | T&P 971 | T&P 12 | MP 12 | MP 3311 | Jun 1970 | 37560 | 24 May 1985 | 1 | |
| MP 2977 | T&P 972 | T&P 13 | MP 13 | MP 3312 | Jun 1970 | 37561 | 24 May 1985 | 1 | |
| MP 2978 | T&P 973 | T&P 14 | MP 14 | MP 3313 | Jul 1970 | 37562 | 24 May 1985 | 1 | |
| MP 2979 | MP 974 | MP 15 | MP 3314 | Aug 1971 | 38011 | 24 Jun 1987 | 5 | ||
| MP 2980 | MP 975 | MP 16 | MP 3315 | Aug 1971 | 38012 | 24 Jun 1987 | 5 | ||
| MP 2981 | MP 976 | MP 17 | MP 3316 | Aug 1971 | 38013 | 10 Jan 1987 | 5 | ||
| MP 2982 | MP 977 | MP 18 | MP 3317 | Sep 1971 | 38014 | 10 Jan 1987 | 5 | ||
| MP 2983 | MP 978 | MP 19 | MP 3318 | Sep 1971 | 38015 | 24 Jun 1987 | 5 | ||
| MP 2984 | MP 979 | MP 20 | MP 3319 | Feb 1972 | 38261 | 7 Jul 1987 | 6 | ||
| MP 2985 | MP 980 | MP 21 | MP 3320 | Feb 1972 | 38262 | 18 May 1988 | 7 | ||
| MP 2986 | MP 981 | MP 22 | MP 3321 | Feb 1972 | 38263 | 4 May 1989 | 8 | ||
| MP 2987 | MP 982 | MP 23 | MP 3322 | Feb 1972 | 38264 | 6 Jun 1989 | 9 | ||
| MP 2988 | MP 983 | MP 24 | MP 3323 | Feb 1972 | 38265 | 10 Mar 1988 | 7 | ||
| MP 2989 | MP 25 | MP 3324 | Jun 1973 | 39210 | 20 Apr 1989 | 10 | |||
| MP 2990 | MP 26 | MP 3325 | Jun 1973 | 39211 | 20 Apr 1989 | 10 | |||
| MP 2991 | MP 27 | MP 3326 | Jun 1973 | 39212 | 20 Apr 1989 | 10 | |||
| MP 2992 | MP 28 | MP 3327 | Jun 1973 | 39213 | 20 Apr 1989 | 10 | |||
| MP 2993 | MP 29 | MP 3328 | Jun 1973 | 39214 | 4 Mar 1988 | 7 | |||
| MP 2994 | MP 3329 | Feb 1974 | 39500 | 24 Jun 1987 | 5 | ||||
| MP 2995 | MP 3330 | Feb 1974 | 39501 | 10 Jan 1987 | 5 | ||||
| MP 2996 | MP 3331 | Feb 1974 | 39502 | 24 Jun 1987 | 5 | ||||
| MP 2997 | MP 3332 | Feb 1974 | 39503 | 24 Jun 1987 | 5 | ||||
| MP 2998 | MP 3333 | Feb 1974 | 39504 | 10 Jan 1987 | 5 | ||||
| MP 2999 | MP 3334 | Feb 1974 | 39505 | 24 Jun 1987 | 5 |
General Notes:
| a. | MP 960-983 series renumbered to MP 1-29 series in early 1973, including T&P 970-973, which became T&P 11-14. |
| b. | MP 1-29 series renumbered to MP 3300-3328 series in May 1978, including T&P 11-14, which had become MP 11-14 with the October 1976 merger of T&P into MP. |
| c. | MP 3300-3334 series renumbered to MP 2965-2999 series in February 1979, to avoid conflict with new SD40-2s. |
| d. | MP 2965-2970 15-year lease expired on 30 April 1983, all six units purchased by MP. |
| e. | MP 2971-2974 lease expired on 30 May 1984, returned to owner/lessor. |
| f. | MP 2976 (as MP 3311) was wrecked in 1975, cab destroyed; new EMD design cab applied by Pike Avenue Shops in November 1976; cab built using EMD plans; six inches longer and two inches higher, to match GE hood height. |
| g. | MP 2984 (as MP 3319) was wrecked in June 1976, cab destroyed; rebuilt in late 1976 without cab and short hood; new GE short hood and applied during early 1977. |
| h. | MP 2984-2988 lease expired on 30 June 1987, retired by UP on 3 July 1987; UP purchased all five units on 24 September 1987 and reinstated them to roster; units remained in storage until traded to GE in 1988. |
| i. | All MP U30C's (31 units, except MP 2971-2974) were removed from service in January 1985 and stored at Fort Worth pending retirement and disposition. |
| j. | Assigned UP 2965-2999 in December 1984, none renumbered prior to retirement by 1989. |
Notes:
| 1. | MP 2965-2970 and 2975-2978 (10 units) were traded to GE, 28 May 1985; MP 2970 was rebuilt by GE-Cleveland with Caterpillar engine and remote control in early 1987; sold to Enterprise Coal Co., Robinson Creek, Ky. |
| 2. | MP 2971 (disposition unknown) |
| 3. | MP 2972 was scrapped at NLR during early 1985. |
| 4. | MP 2973 and 2974 were retired by UP in May 1984; sold to (?); used in the construction of AT&SF's Lee Ranch Subdivision, near Grants, N.M. (see Joe Blackwell's photo taken June 1984); also used in construction of Western Fuels Association's Escalante Western Railway (also known as the Star Lake line) in northwestern New Mexico; also ; scrapped by American Iron & Metal, Pueblo, Colo., in June 1985. |
| 5. | MP 2979-2983 and 2994-2999 (11 units) were traded to GE, 26 June 1987; scrapped by Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal, McCook, Ill., during July 1987. |
| 6. | MP 2984 was traded to GE in April 1988. |
| 7. | MP 2985, 2988, and 2993 were traded to GE in June 1988. |
| 8. | MP 2986 was wrecked; sold for scrap to Southwest Railroad Car Parts, 9 May 1989; scrapped. |
| 9. | MP 2987 was wrecked; sold for scrap to Southwest Railroad Car Parts, 7 July 1989; scrapped. |
| 10. | MP 2989-2992 were sold for scrap to Southwest Railroad Car Parts in September 1989; scrapped. |
EMD SD40 — 20 units
3000 horsepower; C-C trucks; 391,000 pounds operating weight
|
Road Number |
First Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| MP 3034 | MP 734 | Feb 1969 | 34504 | 31 Jul 1984 | 1 |
| MP 3035 | MP 735 | Feb 1969 | 34505 | 31 Jul 1984 | 2 |
| MP 3036 | MP 736 | Feb 1969 | 34506 | 31 Jul 1984 | 3 |
| MP 3037 | MP 737 | Feb 1969 | 34507 | 31 Jul 1984 | 4 |
| MP 3038 | MP 738 | Feb 1969 | 34508 | 31 Jul 1984 | 5 |
| MP 3039 | MP 739 | Feb 1969 | 34509 | 31 Jul 1984 | 6 |
| MP 3040 | MP 740 | Feb 1969 | 34510 | 31 Jul 1984 | 7 |
| MP 3041 | MP 741 | Feb 1969 | 34511 | 31 Jul 1984 | 8 |
| MP 3042 | MP 742 | Feb 1969 | 34512 | 31 Jul 1984 | 9 |
| MP 3043 | MP 743 | Feb 1969 | 34513 | 31 Jul 1984 | 10 |
| MP 3044 | MP 744 | Feb 1969 | 34514 | 31 Jul 1984 | 11 |
| MP 3045 | MP 745 | Feb 1969 | 34515 | 31 Jul 1984 | 12 |
| MP 3046 | MP 746 | Feb 1969 | 34516 | 31 Jul 1984 | 13 |
| MP 3047 | MP 747 | Feb 1969 | 34517 | 31 Jul 1984 | 14 |
| MP 3048 | MP 748 | Feb 1969 | 34518 | 31 Jul 1984 | 15 |
| MP 3049 | MP 749 | Feb 1969 | 34519 | 31 Jul 1984 | 16 |
| MP 3050 | MP 750 | Feb 1969 | 34520 | 31 Jul 1984 | 17 |
| MP 3051 | MP 751 | Feb 1969 | 34521 | 31 Jul 1984 | 18 |
| MP 3052 | MP 752 | Feb 1969 | 34522 | 31 Jul 1984 | 19 |
| MP 3053 | MP 753 | Feb 1969 | 34523 | 31 Jul 1984 | 20 |
General Notes:
| a. | Built as MP 734-753; renumbered to MP 3034-3053 in May 1978. |
| b. | Fifteen year lease expired on 31 July 1984, returned to owner/lessor, U. S. Leasing Corp.; sold to VMV Enterprises; used in national lease service; some were lettered as VMV, some as Paducah & Louisville, but retained their original MP blue paint scheme, with the MP eagle logo; the units carried their old MP 3000 series numbers, but with VMV or P&L reporting marks; leased to SP from mid 1987 to mid 1988 (see Southern Pacific 1987/88 Motive Power Pictorial, by Joseph W. Shine, pages 79-81), then to C&NW from September 1988 to August 1989 (lettered as CNW, with C&NW herald on cab side) (see Diesels of the Chicago & North Western by Paul K. Withers, page 183). |
| c. | Not equipped with dynamic braking. |
| d. | Built on EMD order number 7144. |
| e. | The UP number series 4034-4053 remained blank and not used. |
Notes:
EMD SD40 — 20 units
3000 horsepower; C-C trucks; 391,000 pounds operating weight
|
Second Number |
First Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date To MP Yellow |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| MP 3070 | MP 770 | Mar 1971 | 37543 | 1 Jun 1986 | 1 | |
| MP 3071 | MP 771 | Mar 1971 | 37544 | 1 Jun 1986 | 2 | |
| MP 3072 | MP 772 | Mar 1971 | 37545 | 1 Jun 1986 | 3 | |
| MP 3073 | MP 773 | Mar 1971 | 37546 | 1 Jun 1986 | 4 | |
| MP 3074 | MP 774 | Mar 1971 | 37547 | 1 Jun 1986 | 5 | |
| MP 3075 | MP 775 | Mar 1971 | 37548 | 1 Jun 1986 | 6 | |
| MP 3076 | MP 776 | Mar 1971 | 37549 | 1 Jun 1986 | 7 | |
| MP 3077 | MP 777 | Mar 1971 | 37550 | 1 Jun 1986 | 8 | |
| MP 3078 | MP 778 | Mar 1971 | 37551 | 1 Jun 1986 | 9 | |
| MP 3079 | MP 779 | Mar 1971 | 37552 | 1 Jun 1986 | 10 | |
| MP 3080 | MP 780 | Apr 1971 | 37553 | 1 Jun 1986 | 11 | |
| MP 3081 | MP 781 | Apr 1971 | 37554 | 1 Jun 1986 | 12 | |
| MP 3082 | MP 782 | Apr 1971 | 37555 | 1 Jun 1986 | 13 | |
| MP 3083 | MP 783 | Apr 1971 | 37556 | 18 Nov 1985 | 1 Jun 1986 | 14, 15 |
| MP 3084 | MP 784 | Apr 1971 | 37557 | 1 Jun 1986 | 16 | |
| MP 3085 | MP 785 | Apr 1971 | 37558 | 1 Jun 1986 | 17 | |
| MP 3086 | MP 786 | Apr 1971 | 37559 | 4 Dec 1984 | 1 Jun 1986 | 18 |
| MP 3087 | MP 787 | Apr 1971 | 37560 | 1 Jun 1986 | 19, 20 | |
| MP 3088 | MP 788 | Apr 1971 | 37561 | 1 Jun 1986 | 21 | |
| MP 3089 | MP 789 | Apr 1971 | 37562 | 1 Jun 1986 | 22 |
General Notes:
| a. | Built as MP 770-789, renumbered to MP 3070-3089 in May 1978. |
| b. | Of the above 20 units, two were repainted to MP yellow; none repainted/renumbered to UP. |
| c. | Fifteen year lease expired on 31 May 1986; retired as MP units and returned to the owner/lessor, GATX, on 10 June 1986; leased to Helm Financial (Helm Leasing, HLC) 5000-series numbers while leased to ICG in October 1986 to February 1987; returned to GATX and leased to CP with GATX 5000-series numbers in March 1987. Ten units sold by GATX to EMD in March 1988, rebuilt to SD40-2s and sold to NdeM in Mexico. Ten remaining units leased to BN in 7300 series numbers; then in service as EMD/GATX joint venture Locomotive Leasing Partners (LLPX) 4300-series numbers. |
| d. | Not equipped with dynamic braking. |
| e. | Built on EMD order number 7319. |
| f. | Assigned UP 4070-4089 in December 1985, none renumbered prior to being retired in 1986. |
Notes:
| 1. | MP 3070 to HLC 5070; to GATX 5070; to BN 7300, 28 April 1989; to Locomotive Leasing Partners (LLPX) 4302 in June 1997. |
| 2. | MP 3071 to HLC 5071; to GATX 5071; sold to EMD, rebuilt by EMD to NdeM SD40-2 13051 in March 1988, assigned FerroMex (Ferrocarril Mexicano, FXE) 3183. |
| 3. | MP 3072 to HLC 5072; to GATX 5072; to BN 7301, 16 May 1989; to LLPX 4301 in June 1997; to Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC) 563 in August 1999. |
| 4. | MP 3073 to HLC 5073; to GATX 5073; to BN 7302, 7 June 1989; wrecked on BN on 19 June 1991 at Logan, Wyo., retired and purchased by BN, 8 July 1991; scrapped, frame-only used at BN's Alliance, Neb., shop as a "reacher car." |
| 5. | MP 3074 to HLC 5074; to GATX 5074; sold to EMD, rebuilt by EMD to NdeM SD40-2 13049 in March 1988, assigned FerroMex (Ferrocarril Mexicano, FXE) 3181. |
| 6. | MP 3075 to HLC 5075; to GATX 5075; to BN 7303, 30 March 1989; to LLPX 4303 in June 1997; to BRC 565 in August 1999. |
| 7. | MP 3076 to HLC 5076; to GATX 5076; to BN 7304, 23 May 1989; to LLPX 4304; to BRC 561 in August 1999. |
| 8. | MP 3077 to HLC 5077; to GATX 5077; to BN 7305, 2 April 1989; then to LLPX 4305 in June 1997; then to BRC 564 in August 1999. |
| 9. | MP 3078 to HLC 5078; to GATX 5078; sold to EMD, rebuilt by EMD to NdeM SD40-2 13057 in May 1988, assigned FerroMex (Ferrocarril Mexicano, FXE) 3188. |
| 10. | MP 3079 to HLC 5079; to GATX 5079; sold to EMD, rebuilt by EMD to NdeM SD40-2 13055 in June 1988, assigned FerroMex (Ferrocarril Mexicano, FXE) 3187. |
| 11. | MP 3080 to HLC 5080; to GATX 5080; sold to EMD, rebuilt by EMD to NdeM SD40-2 13053 in April 1988, assigned FerroMex (Ferrocarril Mexicano, FXE) 3185. |
| 12. | MP 3081 to HLC 5081; to GATX 5081; to BN 7306, 10 May 1989; to LLPX 4306 in June 1997; sold to First Union Rail (FURX) 3025. |
| 13. | MP 3082 to HLC 5082; to GATX 5082; sold to EMD, rebuilt by EMD to NdeM SD40-2 13052 in April 1988, assigned FerroMex (Ferrocarril Mexicano, FXE) 3184. |
| 14. | MP 3083 operated during 1972 without a cab due to incomplete wreck repairs. |
| 15. | MP 3083 (yellow) to HLC 5083; to GATX 5083; to BN 7307, 19 June 1989; returned to GATX, 5 April 1994; sold to Morrison Knudsen, Boise, Idaho, 11 July 1994; rebuilt to SD40M-2 by Morrison Knudsen, completed as SP 8583 on 11 August 1994 (renumbered to UP 2659 on 28 February 2002). |
| 16. | MP 3084 to HLC 5084; to GATX 5084; sold to EMD, rebuilt by EMD to NdeM SD40-2 13056 in June 1988, wrecked. |
| 17. | MP 3085 to HLC 5085; to GATX 5085; sold to EMD, rebuilt by EMD to NdeM SD40-2 13054 in April 1988, assigned FerroMex (Ferrocarril Mexicano, FXE) 3186. |
| 18. | MP 3086 (yellow) to HLC 5086; to GATX 5086; to BN 7308, 26 June 1989; to LLPX 4307; to BRC 560 in August 1999. |
| 19. | MP 3087 was wrecked in late 1978 while in pool service in Mexico; retired by MP and sold to NdeM after unit was supposedly scrapped at the wreck site; unit repaired by NdeM with new cab and nose during late 1979 and placed into regular service as NdeM 8768; unit's existance discovered by MP, who repossessed it and had it returned to U.S; returned to MP in mid 1980 with dynamic brakes installed, with non-standard MP paint scheme (eagle logo painted backwards, next to the large unit number on hood-side, and buzz-saw logo on cab-side); unit returned to MP standards at North Little Rock by removal of dynamic braking and installation of new cab interior to replace the interior installed by NdeM. |
| 20. | MP 3087 to HLC 5087; to GATX 5087; sold to EMD, rebuilt by EMD to NdeM SD40-2 13058 in May 1988, assigned FerroMex (Ferrocarril Mexicano, FXE) 3189. |
| 21. | MP 3088 to HLC 5088; to GATX 5088; to BN 7309, 13 July 1989; to LLPX 4308; to BRC 562 in August 1999. |
| 22. | MP 3089 to HLC 5089; to GATX 5089; sold to EMD, rebuilt by EMD to NdeM SD40-2 13050 in March 1988, assigned FerroMex (Ferrocarril Mexicano, FXE) 3182. |