Union Pacific Railroad

General Notes:

1. UP 743, 747, 750, and 760 were leased to the Department of Transportation at its Pueblo, Colo, test track for six months of tests, beginning in late February 1977.
2. UP 756 was modified in April 1984 with an extended front number board box to provide stowage for the crew's luggage during cabooseless operations on locals. The number board box was extended by 18 inches.
3. UP 761 was modified in March 1983 for cabooseless operations, with four-man crews, by relocating the water cooler from the cab interior to a special enclosure located on the walkway, behind the fireman's side of the unit's cab.
4. The last operating GP35s on UP were UP 741, 742, 743, 747, 748, 749, 756, and 760; retired in June 1985 after being displaced in regular service by former MP GP38-2s.
5. Built on EMD order number 7724.

General Notes:

1. Built as EMD GP35 demonstrators 5652 and 5654; operated in demonstration service with DD35 demonstrators 5653 and 5655; all four units were sold to UP in May 1964; the DD35s became UP 72B and 73B.
2. Built on EMD order number 5652.

Notes:

1. UP 762 was sold to Great Northern Transportation (Colorado & Eastern Railroad; COE), on 5 September 1985; stored at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Council Bluffs Railway during mid July 1992; to Iowa Southern; scrapped by Illinois Railway Supply, Cordova, Illinois, in November 1994.
2. UP 763 long hood was used in mid-February 1984 at Salt Lake City to repair wreck damaged WP GP35 3020, which became UP 798. UP 763 was shipped from Salt Lake City to Omaha in March 1984 and stored unserviceable, with wreck damaged long hood from WP 3020 attached.UP 763 (with long hood from WP 3020) was sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in September 1985.

General Notes:

1. Built as UP 775-784, renumbered to UP 450-459 between December 1962 and February 1963.
2. UP 782 equipped with snowplow pilot, standby heater, and lighter weight for service on the Coalmont Branch out of Laramie, Wyoming.
3. UP 783 and 784 were equipped with steam generators for standby passenger service.
4. UP 775-781 had 363,500 pounds operating weight
5. UP 782 had 337,800 pounds operating weight
6. UP 783 and 784 had 325,500 pounds operating weight in freight service and 361,400 pounds operating weight in passenger service.
7. Built on EMD order number 5244.

General Notes:

1. Original total of 22 units, numbered WP 3001-3022; 17 units to UP at merger; WP 3007, 3011, 3016, 3018, and 3021 (five units) were retired by WP prior to the UP merger.
2. Assigned UP numbers 782-799, including UP number 796 for retired WP 3018, wrecked on 12 September 1981 (with U23B 2259) at Deeth, Nevada.
3. During March 1984 all 17 remaining former WP GP35s were gathered from around the UP system and reassigned back to former WP tracks in California. At that time only four had been repainted to yellow, the rest were painted at North Platte prior to being moved to California. The GP35s were needed because of the high failure rates of the UP GP30s that had been assigned there to replace the former WP GP9s.
4. Original WP operating lease expired on 1 January 1993; UP retained seven units (UP 782, 785, 786 788, 791, 793, 798) on a one year operating lease, until 30 December 1993, when they were also returned to the owner/lessor; two others (UP 789 and 797) were retained by UP from 1 January 1993 through 5 April 1993, and returned to the owner/lessor. Throughout 1993, these units were retained on a motive power shortage for local and branchline power that was made worse in August due to service disruptions caused by flooding along the Missouri River. The units were assigned to local service in the Little Rock, Arkansas. area.
5. UP 793, as WP 3014, was wrecked on 27 July 1982 near Reno, Nevada; rebuilt by UP at Salt Lake Shops, using long hood from UP GP35 744; completed as UP 793 in late June 1985.
6. UP 798, as WP 3020, was wrecked on 27 July 1982 near Reno, Nevada; rebuilt by UP at Salt Lake Shops, using the long hood from UP GP35 763 in February 1984 and the cab from wrecked MP GP38-2 2031 in March 1986; UP 798 was completed in late January 1987.
7. UP 782-790 were built on EMD order number 7662.
8. UP 791 was built on EMD order number 7770.
9. UP 792-799 were built on EMD order number 7790.

Notes:

1. UP 782 (ex WP 3001) was sold to Watco, Inc., to Eastern Idaho Railroad, 782.
2. UP 783 (ex WP 3002) was sold to Kyle Railways, to San Joaquin Valley Railroad (SJVR) 2500; to Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD) 2500 in 2003; to Union Station Foundation (Ogden, Utah) on June 1, 2022; renumbered to Klarr Locomotive Industries (KLIX) 2500 for movement to Utah; still in Arkansas as of July 27, 2022; moved to Utah and arrived on August 22, 2022; moved to UTA Warm Springs shop on September 17, 2022 for cosmetic restoration to as-delivered WP paint; restoration completed mid April 2024; moved to Ogden on May 9, 2024; moved to Union Station platforms under its own power on May 10, 2024.
3. UP 784 (ex WP 3003) was sold to Watco, Inc., to Blue Mountain Railroad 784.
4. UP 785 (ex WP 3004) was sold to Watco, Inc., to Eastern Idaho Railroad 785.
5. UP 786 (ex WP 3005) was sold to Watco, Inc., to Eastern Idaho Railroad 786.
6. UP 787 (ex WP 3006) was sold to Kyle Railways, to San Joaquin Valley Railroad 2501.
7. UP 788 (ex WP 3007) was sold to Watco, Inc., to Eastern Idaho Railroad 788.
8. UP 790 (ex WP 3010) was sold to Watco, Inc., to Blue Mountain Railroad 790.
9. UP 791 (ex WP 3012) was sold to Watco, Inc., to Eastern Idaho Railroad 791.
10. UP 792 (ex WP 3013) was sold to Watco, Inc., to Palouse River Railroad 792, Walla Walla, Washington; later to WAMX 3509, in service on Pacific Sun Railroad until late September 2020.
11. UP 793 (ex WP 3014) was sold to Watco, Inc., to Eastern Idaho Railroad 793.
12. UP 794 (ex WP 3015) was sold to Kyle Railways in April 1993 (LNII-174-7), to San Joaquin Valley Railroad 2502.
13. UP 795 (ex WP 3017) was sold to Kyle Railways; to Arizona Eastern 2503 in March 1993.
14. WP 3018 was wrecked on 12 September 1981 at Deeth, Nevada; scrapped at the wreck site; retired by WP on 6 October 1981.
15. UP 797 (ex WP 3019) was sold to Watco, Inc., to South Kansas & Oklahoma.
16. UP 798 (ex WP 3020) was sold to Watco, Inc., to Eastern Idaho Railroad 798.
17. UP 799 (ex WP 3022) was sold to Watco, Inc., to Palouse River Railroad 799, Walla Walla, Washington; later to WAMX 3513, in service on Pacific Sun Railroad until late September 2020.

General Notes:

1. Eight UP GP30s (UP 804, 807, 809, 813, 815, 817, 820, 835) were leased to Kennecott Copper Corp. from September 1975 to November 1978 (along with four D&RGW GP30s and two ATSF U25Bs) for waste train service in the Utah Mines Division Bingham Canyon Mine near Salt Lake City, Utah; assigned vacant 700-series number slots among KCC's 85-ton electric locomotives. Upon return from Kennecott, each of the units was given a complete rebuild during late 1978 by UP's Salt Lake shops.
2. UP 800-803, 805, and 806 were equipped with full pilot snowplows in August 1973 for service on the Park City Branch in northern Utah. Upon the retirement of UP 806 in December 1985, that unit's snowplow was installed on UP 871 in February 1986, which replaced the 806 on the Park City (Utah) Local; UP 800-803 also saw service in 1975 to 1980 on UP's Bend Branch over the former Oregon Trunk between The Dalles and Bend, Oregon.
3. UP 808 was equipped during May 1983 with an 18-inch extended front numberboard/headlight box to accommodate crew luggage during cabooseless operation of locals.
4. UP 811, 821, 829, 834, 836, 853, 855, 856, 863, 865, and 866 (11 units, along with seven 700 class GP30s) were retired between late 1982 and mid 1983. All were reinstated in September 1983 and rebuilt using the engines, and sometimes the main generator, from retired GP30Bs. UP 707 was the last to be returned to service, in January 1984.
5. UP 805 was one of the last units on UP with the small lettering.
6. Built on EMD order number 5643.

General Notes:

1. Built as EMD GP22 demonstrator 5629, which tested on Union Pacific in UP yellow and gray, but without lettering, from June to September 1961. (See photo, at Ogden, Utah, in Trains magazine, February 1962, page 9) The unit was returned to EMD's factory at La Grange, Illinois and was rebuilt in October 1961 as GP30 demonstrator 5629, later renumbered to EMD 1962, in a full EMD demonstrator paint scheme. The unit was sold to Union Pacific in September 1962.
2. Built on EMD order number 5629.

General Notes:

1. Original total of 20 units, numbered MKT 211-230; 19 units to UP at merger (MKT 222 was wrecked in 1979 and rebuilt by MKT to road slug 501 in 1982); four units retired as MKT units, 15 units repainted/renumbered to UP; UP 595, 596 (ex MKT 226, 227) renumbered to 3000, 3001.
2. Not equipped with dynamic braking.
3. Built on EMD order number 7192.
4. Assigned 581-599 in November 1988, all units renumbered; assigned 800-811 in September 1997, two units (805, 811) renumbered prior to all 12 remaining units being retired (and rebuilt to 2527-2588 series GP38-2s).

Notes:

1. UP 805 was sold to Helm Financial on 29 May 1998; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2560 on 28 December 1998 (assigned UP 1060).
2. UP 807 was sold to Helm Financial on 29 May 1998; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2563 on 19 November 1998 (assigned UP 1063).

General Notes:

1. UP 850-887 were on long term lease from Helm Financial beginning in January 1989. All units had other owners prior to their lease to UP by Helm. Units received by UP between January and April 1989 entered service with their previous numbers, or with UP 850-series numbers and varying combinations of previous owners' paint. In April and May, these units were returned to Helm for reconditioning, and returned to UP service over the following months, through November in full yellow paint and 800-series numbers. Helm also leased four other GP40s (3000, 3013, 3020, and 3072) to UP during the period January through May 1989, but these units did not return as UP 800-series units.
2. Prior to entering UP service, all units were fully reconditioned by various contract rebuilding shops for Helm. Most were done by VMV Enterprises at Paducah, Kentucky. UP 875-881 are former MILW units, which had been previously leased by Helm to CN. These units were returned from Canada and reconditioned for Helm Financial, and repainted to UP 800s, by the Livingston Rebuild Center in Livingston, Mont.
3. Based on a document filed with the federal Interstate Commerce Commission, dated July 11, 1995, recording a lease agreement between Helm Financial and CSX Transportation, dated April 25, 1995, four of the locomotives (UP 864, 869, 878, and 887) were rebuilt as GP40-3s, using the Woodward CLC locomotive control system. No other information is available.
4. UP 887 was renumbered from UP 598, which was exchanged to Helm in March 1990 to replace the wrecked UP 863. UP 887 was built as MKT 229, leased by MKT under a long-term operating lease that was to expire in June 1995. MKT 229 was renumbered to UP 598 on 5 May 1989. UP 598 suffered an engine failure in early September 1989 and was placed into storage awaiting repairs. After the wreck of UP 863, UP 598 was purchased from its owner/lessor, retired, and turned over to Helm to replace the 863, all in March 1990. The diesel engine from the wrecked UP 863 was used by Helm to replace the damaged engine in the 598. Also, the dynamic brake components of the wrecked 863 were applied to the new 887, which was built for MKT without dynamic braking. The rebuilding of UP 598 to UP 887 was done by VMV Enterprises of Paducah, Kentucky, and completed and shipped to UP on 20 February 1991. (Frame number 7192-19)
5. Of the 38 units in this group, 34 were returned to Helm in 1998 and 1999 and rebuilt to GP38-2s or GP38-3s, and leased back to UP as UP 2527-2588; these same 34 units were renumbered beginning July 2000 to UP 1027-1088, but not in UP 2500 series number sequence.

Notes:

1. UP 850 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2527 on 20 November 1998.
2. UP 851 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2528 on 14 August 1998.
3. UP 852 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2529 on 21 August 1998.
4. UP 853 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2530 on 2 September 1998.
5. UP 854 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2531 on 14 August 1998.
6. UP 855 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2532 on 2 September 1998.
7. UP 856 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2533 on 30 July 1998.
8. UP 857 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2534 on 30 July 1998.
9. UP 858 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2535 on 14 August 1998.
10. UP 859 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2536 on 9 September 1998.
11. UP 860 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2537 on 30 December 1998.
12. UP 861 was retired on 7 October 1996, after being stored unserviceable at North Little Rock, Arkansas, since 26 April 1996; returned to Helm Financial.
13. UP 862 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2538 on 25 August 1998.
14. UP 863 was wrecked in late 1989 at Smithville, Texas. The unit was under an operating lease at the time, so it was retired on 12 February 1990 and returned to its owner, Helm Financial. To replace the wrecked 863 in the Helm lease, UP selected its own UP 598 (ex MKT 229), which was out of service at the time due to a damage engine; UP 863's diesel engine and dynamic brake components were removed by UP at North Little Rock, shipped to VMV Enterprises at Paducah, Kentucky, and used on the former UP 598, which became UP 887; Helm Financial sold the hulk of the wrecked UP 863 for scrap to Azcon Hyman Michaels, on 10 October 1991; the frame and what was left was shipped to Azcon's salvage yard in Alton, Illinois, in late March 1992.
15. UP 864 was retired on 23 July 1998 and returned to Helm Financial; in national lease service as HLCX 4416.
16. UP 865 was retired on 23 July 1998 and returned to Helm Financial; to Florida East Coast 450 in January 1999.
17. UP 866 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2539 on 31 August 1998.
18. UP 867 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-3 by VMV Enterprises and leased to UP as UP 2551 on 6 February 1998.
19. UP 868 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2540 on 30 July 1998.
20. UP 869 was retired on 23 July 1998 and returned to Helm Financial; to Florida East Coast 451 in January 1999.
21. UP 870 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2541 on 6 November 1998.
22. UP 871 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2542 on 17 February 1999.
23. UP 872 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2543 on 9 February 1999.
24. UP 873 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2544 on 10 February 1999.
25. UP 874 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2545 on 2 September 1998.
26. UP 875 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2546 on 22 September 1998.
27. UP 876 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2547 on 4 January 1999.
28. UP 877 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2548 on 3 February 1999.
29. UP 878 was retired on 23 July 1998 and returned to Helm Financial; to Florida East Coast 452 in January 1999.
30. UP 879 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2549 on 30 December 1998.
31. UP 880 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-3 by VMV Enterprises and leased to UP as UP 2562 on 15 February 1998.
32. UP 881 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2550 on 1 December 1998.
33. UP 882 suffered fire damage by vandals in late March 1992, and was retired on 28 April 1992; returned to Helm Financial on 17 March 1993; rebuilt by AMF Transport to KCS GP40-2 4755; completed on 8 April 1994.
34. UP 883 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2552 on 10 December 1998.
35. UP 884 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2553 on 4 January 1999.
36. UP 885 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2554 on 17 December 1998.
37. UP 886 was returned to Helm Financial; rebuilt to a GP38-2 and leased to UP as UP 2555 on 18 January 1999.
38. UP 887 was retired on 23 July 1998 and returned to Helm Financial; to Florida East Coast 453 in January 1999.