THE WINGED SHIELD
NEWS AND INFORMATION ABOUT UNION PACIFIC'S DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE FLEET
COMPILED BY DON STRACK (Updated 27 September 1998)
Comments? Questions? Corrections? Additional info?
News for September 1998 (Updated 27 September 1998) (new SD90AC info)
New GP38-2s These units, UP 2379-2389 and UP 2527-2588, are being rebuilt for LLPX and Helm from various GP38s and GP40s, including the UP 850-series units which UP had leased from Helm in 1989, plus others purchased from UP and from other sources.
Rebuilders, scrappers, and dealers I would like to make this a kind of central depository of all companies that handle new and used locomotives, for resale, rebuild, or scrapping. Let me know of any additions or corrections.
Brief UP Corporate History Trying to get the dates and names right.
UP Cabooses Check out this basic listing of UP's caboose fleet. Research is almost complete for a comprehensive book about UP's cabooses, including the wooden cars and the steel cars, along with the variety of other cars used as cabooses. The book will include a complete number by number roster, with dispositions, including the donations for the steel cars. We still need color photos of the wooden cars, and any color photos of the steel cars in freight car red. Although we have a good variety of B&W photos, we can always use more, especially builder's photos, and photos taken in the 1940s and 1950s. If any one can help, plese drop me an email.
For you roster keepers out there. With the help of a couple friends, I have developed a VBA macro for Word 97 that will generate a list of consecutive numbers, after you designate a beginning number and an ending number. I was using an old GWBasic version before. (You don't think I was hand typing all those lists of numbers in the 1990, 1992, and 1998 UP books, and the C&NW book, do you?) This VBA version works better, faster, and from inside Word. I'll send it as text file attachment if you email me.
About this web page: Nothing fancy, no photos, only text. I know the appearance is boring, but my purpose is to share information. I use Word 97 for the documents, and use Netscape Composer to set colors, etc., and publish the pages.
The actual winged shield logo is shown on UP drawing 356-ST-7269, dated 2-13-57. That drawing is a full size logo, showing the actual logo to be 10 feet wide and 30 inches tall.
For the best locomotive photos and best locomotive information, read Diesel Era.
For the latest rumors and anti-UP emotional comment, read Flimsies.