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EMD GP35 -- 22 units
2500 horsepower; B-B trucks; 261,300 pounds operating weight

Road
Number
Builder
Date
Builder
Number
Date
Retired

Notes
UP 740 May 1964 29168 23 Nov 1982 Sold to Chrome Crankshaft Co., Chicago, Illinois, in May 1983; sold to ATSF for parts in February 1989, in service as ATSF 2866.
UP 741 May 1964 29169 25 Jun 1985 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, 30 August 1985.
UP 742 May 1964 29170 25 Jun 1985 Stripped, some parts donated to AAR test track at Pueblo, Colo, remainder traded to EMD May 1986; scrapped by Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal Co., McCook, Illinois
UP 743 May 1964 29171 25 Jun 1985 Sold to Great Northern Transportation (Colorado & Eastern Railroad; COE), 5 September 1985, used on Iowa Southern, Council Bluffs, Iowa; sold to Allegheny Railroad, 12 December 1988; to Allegheny Railroad 105; to Allegheny & Eastern Railroad (ALY) 305; to Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR) 305.
UP 744 May 1964 29172 Aug 1984 Long hood used to repair wreck-damaged WP GP35 3014 (released in June 1985); UP 744 sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, 8 January 1988; rebuilt to CSXT road slug 2236.
UP 745 May 1964 29173 15 Mar 1984 Sold for scrap to Azcon Hyman Michaels, Alton, Illinois, in July 1985.
UP 746 May 1964 29174 Aug 1983 Sold to National Railway Equipment, 8 January 1988; sold to BN, rebuilt BN GP39E 2931, completed on 12 October 1989.
UP 747 May 1964 29175 25 Jun 1985 Used, along with UP 749, by AAR at Pueblo test facility from August 1986 to February 1987, then returned to UP; further disposition unknown.
UP 748 Jun 1964 29176 25 Jun 1985 Sold to Great Northern Transportation (Colorado & Eastern Railroad; COE), 5 September 1985, used on Iowa Southern, Council Bluffs, Iowa; sold to Allegheny Railroad, 12 December 1988, to Allegheny Railroad 106; to Allegheny & Eastern Railroad (ALY) 306; to Ferrocarriles Chiapas Mayab (FCCM) Slug 201B.
UP 749 Jun 1964 29177 25 Jun 1985 Used, along with UP 747, by AAR at Pueblo test facility from August 1986 to February 1987, then returned to UP; further disposition unknown.
UP 750 Jun 1964 29178 Dec 1984 Sold for scrap to Joseph Simon & Sons, Tacoma, Washington, in April 1985.
UP 751 Jun 1964 29179 15 Mar 1984 Sold for scrap to Azcon Hyman Michaels, Alton, Illinois, in March 1985.
UP 752 Jun 1964 29180 1 Jul 1982 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in October 1983; sold to Chrome Crankshaft Co., Chicago, Illinois, in October 1983.
UP 753 Jun 1964 29181 Jan 1983 Sold to Chrome Crankshaft Co., Chicago, Illinois, in October 1983; sold to National Railway Equipment, 8 January 1988; sold to BN, rebuilt by EMD to BN GP39E 2930, completed on 17 October 1989.
UP 754 Jun 1964 29182 Apr 1982 Sold to Bargains Galore, Vancouver, Washington, in May 1982; scrapped by Joseph Simon & Sons, Tacoma, Washington.
UP 755 Jun 1964 29183 Apr 1982 Sold to Chrome Crankshaft Co., Chicago, Illinois, in October 1983; sold to ATSF for parts, 4 November 1983.
UP 756 Jun 1964 29184 25 Jun 1985 Sold to Great Northern Transportation (Colorado & Eastern Railroad; COE), 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 July 1994.
UP 757 Jun 1964 29185 Jul 1984 Long hood used to repair wreck damaged WP GP35 3014; sold for scrap to Erman (with long hood from WP 3014) in December 1984.
UP 758 Jun 1964 29186 May 1984 Sold for scrap to Southwest Railroad Car Parts, Longview, Texas, in December 1986.
UP 759 Jun 1964 29187 May 1983 Sold for scrap to General Metals, Tacoma, Washington, 19 July 1984.
UP 760 Jun 1964 29188 25 Jun 1985 Sold to Great Northern Transportation (Colorado & Eastern Railroad; COE), 5 September 1985; stored at Sunbelt Railcar, El Reno, Oklahoma, during January 1993; scrapped by Illinois Railway Supply, Cordova, Illinois, in July 1994.
UP 761 Jun 1964 29189 18 Mar 1984 Sold for scrap to Durbano, Ogden, Utah in February 1986.

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.

 

EMD GP35 -- 2 units
2500 horsepower; B-B trucks; 261,300 pounds operating weight

Road
Number
First
Number
Builder
Date
Builder
Number
Date To
UP
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 762 EMD 5652 Jul 1963 28319 May 1964 25 Jun 1985 1
UP 763 EMD 5654 Aug 1963 28552 May 1964 Jan 1984 2

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.

 

EMD SD7 -- 10 units
1500 horsepower; C-C trucks; operating weight: (see general note, below)

Road
Number
Builder
Date
Builder
Number
Notes
UP 775 Jun 1953 18284 Renumbered to UP 450 in February 1963.
UP 776 Jun 1953 18285 Renumbered to UP 451 in December 1962.
UP 777 Jun 1953 18286 Renumbered to UP 452 in February 1963.
UP 778 Jun 1953 18287 Renumbered to UP 453 in December 1962.
UP 779 Jun 1953 18288 Renumbered to UP 454 in January 1963.
UP 780 Jun 1953 18289 Renumbered to UP 455 in December 1962.
UP 781 Jun 1953 18290 Renumbered to UP 456 in December 1962.
UP 782 Jun 1953 18293 Renumbered to UP 457 in December 1962.
UP 783 Jun 1953 18291 Renumbered to UP 458 in December 1962.
UP 784 Jun 1953 18292 Renumbered to UP 459 in December 1962.

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.

 

EMD GP35 -- 17 units
2500 horsepower; B-B trucks; 258,600 pounds operating weight

Road
Number
First
Number
Builder
Date
Builder
Number
Date To
UP Number
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 782 WP 3001 Nov 1963 28398 6 Mar 1984 30 Dec 1993 1
UP 783 WP 3002 Nov 1963 28399 8 Mar 1984 1 Jan 1993 2
UP 784 WP 3003 Nov 1963 28400 15 Mar 1984 1 Jan 1993 3
UP 785 WP 3004 Nov 1963 28401 28 Dec 1983 30 Dec 1993 4
UP 786 WP 3005 Nov 1963 28402 15 Mar 1984 30 Dec 1993 5
UP 787 WP 3006 Nov 1963 28403 10 Jan 1984 1 Jan 1993 6
UP 788 WP 3008 Nov 1963 28405 9 Mar 1984 30 Dec 1993 7
UP 789 WP 3009 Nov 1963 28406 15 Mar 1984 5 Apr 1993  
UP 790 WP 3010 Nov 1963 28407 3 Apr 1984 1 Jan 1993 8
UP 791 WP 3012 Nov 1964 29031 19 Dec 1983 30 Dec 1993 9
UP 792 WP 3013 Mar 1965 30217 15 Mar 1984 1 Jan 1993 10
UP 793 WP 3014 Apr 1965 30218 30 May 1985 30 Dec 1993 11
UP 794 WP 3015 Apr 1965 30219 16 Apr 1984 1 Jan 1993 12
UP 795 WP 3017 Apr 1965 30221 23 Mar 1984 1 Jan 1993 13
(UP 796) WP 3018 Apr 1965 30222   (6 Oct 1981) 14
UP 797 WP 3019 Apr 1965 30223 12 Dec 1983 5 Apr 1993 15
UP 798 WP 3020 Apr 1965 30224 Feb 1987 30 Dec 1993 16
UP 799 WP 3022 Apr 1965 30226 2 Apr 1984 1 Jan 1993 17

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, to be restored to WP as-delivered paint (still in Arkansas as of July 27, 2022).
  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.

 

EMD GP30 -- 75 units
2250 horsepower; B-B trucks; 259,900 pounds operating weight

Road
Number
Builder
Date
Builder
Number
Date
Retired

Notes
UP 800 Jul 1962 27509 Dec 1984 Sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding, East St. Louis, Illinois, 12 November 1985.
UP 801 Jul 1962 27510 Apr 1982 Sold to Chrome Crankshaft Co., Chicago, Illinois, 23 October 1982.
UP 802 Jul 1962 27511 10 Aug 1987 Sold for scrap to Southwest Railroad Car Parts, Longview, Texas, 18 September 1987.
UP 803 Jul 1962 27512 Dec 1984 Sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding, East St. Louis, Illinois, 12 November 1985.
UP 804 Jul 1962 27513 26 Oct 1988 Sold to Wilson Railway Co., Des Moines, Iowa in November 1988; sold to Morrison Knudsen in December 1988, rebuilt to BN GP39M 2817, completed on 21 August 1989.
UP 805 Jul 1962 27514 10 Jan 1987 Sold to National Railway Equipment, 8 January 1988; sold to Soo Line in August 1988, rebuilt by Generation II to Caterpillar-powered Soo GP30C 4302, completed on 5 November 1990.
UP 806 Jul 1962 27515 31 Dec 1985 Sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding, East St. Louis, Illinois, 8 April 1985.
UP 807 Jul 1962 27516 Nov 1984 Sold to Bargains Galore, Vancouver, Washington, 27 February 1986; scrapped by General Metals, Tacoma, Washington, in May 1986.
UP 808 Jul 1962 27517 Sep 1984 Sold for scrap to Durbano, Ogden, Utah, 18 October 1985.
UP 809 Jul 1962 27518 23 Nov 1982 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in October 1983.
UP 810 Jul 1962 27519 Apr 1982 Sold to Chrome Crankshaft Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1 February 1983.
UP 811 Jul 1962 27520 15 Mar 1984 Sold for scrap to Durbano, Ogden, Utah, 18 October 1985; scrapped during September 1986.
UP 812 Jul 1962 27521 18 Mar 1985 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in September 1985.
UP 813 Jul 1962 27522 Jun 1985 Sold to Great Northern Transportation (Colorado & Eastern Railroad; COE), 5 September 1985; stored on Council Bluffs Railway, Council Bluffs, Iowa, during mid July 1992; to Iowa Southern.
UP 814 Jul 1962 27523 Oct 1982 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in October 1983.
UP 815 Jul 1962 27524 Mar 1982 Sold to Bargains Galore, Vancouver, Washington, in May 1982; scrapped by Joseph Simon & Sons, Tacoma, Washington, in July 1982.
UP 816 Jul 1962 27525 15 Mar 1984 Sold to Bargains Galore, Vancouver, Washington, in August 1984; scrapped by Joseph Simon & Sons, Tacoma, Washington, in September 1984.
UP 817 Jul 1962 27526 Jun 1985 Sold to Great Northern Transportation (Colorado & Eastern Railroad; COE), 5 September 1985; stored on Council Bluffs Railway, Council Bluffs, Iowa, during mid July 1992; to Iowa Southern.
UP 818 Jul 1962 27527 Feb 1983 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in October 1983.
UP 819 Jul 1962 27529 8 Oct 1985 Sold to Bargains Galore, Vancouver, Washington, 27 February 1986; scrapped by General Metals, Tacoma, Washington, in May 1986.
UP 820 Jul 1962 27528 4 Mar 1988 Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, 1 November 1988; still at Precision in mid 1994.
UP 821 Jul 1962 27530 15 Mar 1984 Sold for scrap to General Metals, Tacoma, Washington, 19 July 1984.
UP 822 Jul 1962 27531 Feb 1986 Sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding, East St. Louis, Illinois, 3 June 1987.
UP 823 Aug 1962 27532 9 Feb 1987 Sold for scrap to Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal, McCook, Illinois, 3 July 1987.
UP 824 Aug 1962 27533 30 Nov 1988 Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois; still at Precision on 5 June 1994.
UP 825 Aug 1962 27534 Sep 1984 Sold for scrap to Durbano, Ogden, Utah in November 1985.
UP 826 Aug 1962 27535 18 Mar 1985 Sold for scrap to Southwest Railroad Car Parts, Longview, Texas, 2 April 1987.
UP 827 Aug 1962 27536 4 Mar 1988 Sold to Helm Financial, 24 March 1988; sold to Morrison Knudsen in May 1988, rebuilt to BN GP39M 2801, completed on 11 November 1988.
UP 828 Aug 1962 27537 Feb 1986 Sold to National Railway Equipment, 8 January 1988; sold to Soo Line in August 1988, rebuilt by Generation II to Caterpillar-powered Soo GP30C 4301, completed September 1990.
UP 829 Aug 1962 27538 17 Aug 1988 Sold to Morrison Knudsen in November 1988, rebuilt to BN GP39M 2809, completed 28 February 1989.
UP 830 Aug 1962 27539 Jul 1985 Sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, 1 November 1988.
UP 831 Aug 1962 27540 18 Mar 1985 Sold for scrap to Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal, McCook, Illinois; scrapped after September 1991.
UP 832 Aug 1962 27541 10 Aug 1987 Sold to National Railway Equipment, 8 January 1988; sold to Soo Line in August 1988, rebuilt by Generation II to Caterpillar-powered Soo GP30C 4300, completed September 1990.
UP 833 Aug 1962 27542 1 Jun 1984 Sold to Great Northern Transportation (Colorado & Eastern Railroad; COE), 24 October 1985; sold on 7 August 1988 to Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal, McCook, Illinois; scrapped after September 1991.
UP 834 Aug 1962 27543 10 Jan 1987 Stripped of usable parts by UP, frame (on flat car) sold to Precision National Corp., Mount Vernon, Illinois, 20 April 1988.
UP 835 Aug 1962 27544 1 Jul 1982 Sold to Great Northern Transportation (Colorado & Eastern Railroad; COE) in December 1984; sold to Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal, McCook, Illinois, in March 1989; reported as sold to EMD for EMD/BN GP39E rebuild program, early 1990; not rebuilt.
UP 836 Aug 1962 27545 15 Mar 1984 Sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding, East St. Louis, Illinois, in December 1985.
UP 837 Aug 1962 27546 10 Aug 1987 Sold to National Railway Equipment, 8 January 1988; sold to Soo Line in August 1988, stored at Shoreham Yard, Minneapolis, Minn., until sold back to National Railway Equipment in late 1992.
UP 838 Aug 1962 27547 Aug 1985 Sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding, East St. Louis, Illinois, 3 June 1987.
UP 839 Aug 1962 27548 Apr 1982 Sold to Chrome Crankshaft Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1 February 1983.
UP 840 Aug 1962 27549 4 Mar 1988 Sold to Helm Financial, 24 March 1988; sold to Morrison Knudsen in May 1988, rebuilt to BN GP39M 2802, completed on 20 November 1988.
UP 841 Aug 1962 27550 Oct 1984 Sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding, East St. Louis, Illinois, 12 November 1985.
UP 842 Aug 1962 27551 10 Jan 1987 Sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding, East St. Louis, Illinois, in October 1987
UP 843 Aug 1962 27552 31 Dec 1985 Sold to Bargains Galore, Vancouver, Washington, 27 February 1986; scrapped by General Metals, Tacoma, Washington, in May 1986.
UP 844 Aug 1962 27553 30 Jan 1989 Planned for donation to Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City, Nevada, as early as June 23, 1988, when instructions were issued for the unit to be held upon retirement, "When this loco retires, hold for Nevada State Museum, per JRD, 6-23-88"; its last move was between North Platte and North Little Rock on November 12, 1988; retired in January 1989 and moved to Boulder City in March 1989; repainted in August 2003
UP 845 Sep 1962 27554 Mar 1982 Sold to Bargains Galore, Vancouver, Washington, in May 1982; scrapped by Joseph Simon & Sons, Tacoma, Washington, in July 1982.
UP 846 Sep 1962 27555 Aug 1985 Sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding, East St. Louis, Illinois, 12 November 1985.
UP 847 Sep 1962 27556 1 Jun 1984 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in January 1985.
UP 848 Sep 1962 27557 15 Mar 1984 Sold for scrap to Durbano, Ogden, Utah, 12 November 1985.
UP 849 Sep 1962 27558 31 Dec 1985 Donated to Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California, in March 1986, delivered on July 26, 1986; offered for sale beginning in February 2016 due to needed maintenance and high repair costs, as well as high cost of operation; sold in October 2018 to Western Rail (WRIX) near Spokane, Washington, moved from Portola to near Spokane as WRIX 849 beginning on January 10, 2019.
UP 850 Sep 1962 27559 Jul 1985 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in September 1985.
UP 851 Sep 1962 27560 May 1985 Sold to National Railway Equipment, 8 January 1988; sold to Soo Line in August 1988, stored at Shoreham Yard, Minneapolis, Minn., until sold back to National Railway Equipment in late 1992.
UP 852 Sep 1962 27561 Jul 1982 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in October 1983.
UP 853 Sep 1962 27562 15 Mar 1984 Sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding, East St. Louis, Illinois, in December 1985.
UP 854 Sep 1962 27563 Aug 1985 Sold for scrap to Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal, McCook, Illinois, 3 July 1987.
UP 855 Sep 1962 27564 15 Mar 1984 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in January 1985.
UP 856 Sep 1962 27565 9 Feb 1987 Sold for scrap to Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal, McCook, Illinois, 3 July 1987.
UP 857 Sep 1962 27566 Jan 1968 Wrecked in December 1967 at Wamego, Kansas; scrapped by UP at Omaha.
UP 858 Sep 1962 27567 15 Mar 1984 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in January 1985.
UP 859 Sep 1962 27568 Feb 1985 Sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding, East St. Louis, Illinois, 12 November 1985.
UP 860 Sep 1962 27569 18 Mar 1985 Sold for scrap to Durbano, Ogden, Utah, 18 October 1985; cab salvaged and used as part of the Operation Lifesaver display inside the Ogden Union Station museum.
UP 861 Sep 1962 27570 Oct 1982 Stripped of usable parts by Union Pacific at Salt Lake City, Utah; frame sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, 12 January 1983.
UP 862 Sep 1962 27571 1 Jul 1982 Sold to Chrome Crankshaft Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1 February 1983.
UP 863 Sep 1962 27572 4 Mar 1988 Sold for scrap to Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal, McCook, Illinois, 7 August 1988.
UP 864 Sep 1962 27573 Feb 1973 Wrecked in December 1972 at Gowanda, Colorado; scrapped by UP at Omaha in September 1973.
UP 865 Sep 1962 27574 Mar 1984 Wrecked in September 1983; stripped of usable parts, including cab and nose assembly, by Union Pacific at Salt Lake City, Utah in March 1984, frame (on flat car) sold to Durbano, Ogden, Utah in November 1984; scrapped.
UP 866 Sep 1962 27575 May 1985 Sold to National Railway Equipment, 8 January 1988; sold to Soo Line August 1988, stored at Shoreham Yard, Minneapolis, Minn, until sold back to National Railway Equipment in late 1992.
UP 867 Sep 1962 27576 Jul 1982 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in October 1983.
UP 868 Sep 1962 27577 10 Jan 1987 Sold for scrap to Southwest Railroad Car Parts, Longview, Texas, 23 April 1987.
UP 869 Sep 1962 27578 Nov 1984 Sold for scrap to Durbano, Ogden, Utah, 18 October 1985.
UP 870 Sep 1962 27579 8 Oct 1985 Sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding, East St. Louis, Illinois, in December 1985.
UP 871 Sep 1962 27580 20 Sep 1988 Sold to Wilson Railway Co., Des Moines, Iowa in November 1988; sold to Morrison Knudsen, rebuilt to BN GP39M 2818, completed on 26 August 1989.
UP 872 Sep 1962 27581 May 1985 Wrecked on 29 March 1985 at Buena Vista (Salt Lake City), Utah; sold to Durbano, Ogden, Utah in October 1985; sold to Nucor Steel, Plymouth, Utah; in service as Nucor Steel 660, Plymouth, Utah; sold to S&S Sales and Leasing (SSRX, S&S Shortline); moved in mid July 2010 from Plymouth, Utah, to Wilson, North Carolina, for Carolina Coastal Railway (CLNA); in service as CLNA 660; out of service as of March 2015; reported as sold to R.J. Corman Railpower for use as a core frame for conversion to genset locomotive. (2010 from LocoNotes II, issue 270, courtesy of Joe Ferguson via email dated March 30, 2015; 2015 update from Mike Derrick via email dated March 30, 2015)
UP 873 Sep 1962 27582 10 Jan 1987 Sold for scrap to Pielet Brothers Scrap Iron & Metal, McCook, Illinois, 26 June 1987.
UP 874 Sep 1962 27583 17 Jul 1989 Sold to Railway Motive Power Services, Mead (Spokane), Washington, in September 1989, along with UP 723. Both units traded to BN for BN GP9s 1712 and 1736. UP 874 rebuilt to BN GP39M 2834, completed 30 April 1990.

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.

 

EMD GP30 -- 1 unit
2250 horsepower; B-B trucks; 259,900 pounds operating weight

Road
Number
First
Number
Second
Number
Builder
Date
Builder
Number
Date
Retired

Notes
UP 875 EMD 5629 EMD 1962 Jun 1961 26613 Oct 1982 Sold for scrap to Erman Corp., Turner, Kansas, in October 1983.

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.

 

EMD GP40 -- 2 units
3000 horsepower; B-B trucks; 261,000 pounds operating weight

Road
Number
First
Number
Second
Number
Builder
Date
Builder
Number
Date To
581 series
Date To
800 series
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 805 MKT 218 UP 588 Nov 1969 35461 25 Jan 1990 19 Feb 1998 29 May 1998 1
UP 807 MKT 220 UP 590 Nov 1969 35463 31 Aug 1990 4 Feb 1997 29 May 1998 2

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).

 

EMD GP40 -- 38 units
3000 horsepower; B-B trucks; 264,000 pounds operating weight

Road
Number
First
Number
Second
Number
Third
Number
Fourth
Number
Fifth
Number
Builder
Date
Builder
Number
Date
To UP
Date
Retired
Notes
UP 850 IC 3015 ICG 3015       Jan 1966 31465 28 Mar 1989   1
UP 851 IC 3024 ICG 3024       Jan 1966 31456 10 Apr 1989   2
UP 852 IC 3012 ICG 3012       Feb 1966 31468 5 May 1989   3
UP 853 IC 3026 ICG 3026       Jan 1966 31454 26 May 1989   4
UP 854 IC 3032 ICG 3032       Jan 1966 31448 10 Jun 1989   5
UP 855 IC 3038 ICG 3038       Jan 1966 31442 7 Jul 1989   6
UP 856 CRI&P 4706 UP 637 MP 637     Apr 1970 36392 14 Jul 1989   7
UP 857 SAL 613 SCL 1528 SBD 6684 CSX 6684 VMV 6684 May 1966 31780 19 Jan 1989   8
UP 858 SAL 602 SCL 1517 SBD 6674 CSX 6674 VMV 6673 May 1966 31769 19 Jan 1989   9
UP 859 SAL 600 SCL 1515 SBD 6672 CSX 6672 VMV 6672 May 1966 31767 19 Jan 1989   10
UP 860 NYC 3076 PC 3076 CR 3076     Aug 1967 33240 6 Mar 1989   11
UP 861 NYC 3065 PC 3065 CR 3065     Aug 1967 33229 19 Jan 1989   12
UP 862 NYC 3082 PC 3082 CR 3082     Oct 1967 33493 12 Feb 1989   13
UP 863 NYC 3091 PC 3091 CR 3091     Oct 1967 33502 25 Feb 1989 12 Feb 1990 14
UP 864 MILW 196 MILW 2022 SOO 2022 NHL 864   Oct 1966 32304 15 Feb 1989   15
UP 865 MILW 157 MILW 2030 SOO 2030 NHL 865   Jan 1967 32474 11 Feb 1989   16
UP 866 MILW 2065 SOO 2065 NHL 866     Dec 1968 34142 11 Feb 1989   17
UP 867 MILW 2061 NHL 867       Dec 1968 34138 25 Feb 1989   18
UP 868 MILW 2063 SOO 2063       Dec 1968 34140 8 Apr 1989   19
UP 869 MILW 2062         Dec 1968 34139 15 Apr 1989   20
UP 870 NYC 3048 PC 3048 CR 3048 C&NW 5536   Dec 1965 30985 29 Dec 1989   21
UP 871 NYC 3034 PC 3034 CR 3034 C&NW 5523   Dec 1965 30971 14 Dec 1989   22
UP 872 NYC 3074 PC 3074 CR 3074 HL 3074   Aug 1967 33238 6 Feb 1989   23
UP 873 NYC 3073 PC 3073 CR 3073 HL 3073   Aug 1967 33237 10 Feb 1989   24
UP 874 NYC 3097 PC 3097 CR 3097 KYLE 3118 HL 3118 Nov 1967 33508 21 Nov 1989   25
UP 875 MILW 164 MILW 2037 SOO 2037     Jan 1967 32481 28 Nov 1989   26
UP 876 MILW 179 MILW 2017 SOO 2017     Oct 1966 32299 3 Dec 1989   27
UP 877 MILW 156 MILW 2029 SOO 2029     Jan 1967 32473 28 Nov 1989   28
UP 878 MILW 171 MILW 2044 SOO 2044     Jan 1967 32488 26 Dec 1989   29
UP 879 MILW 167 MILW 2040 SOO 2040     Jan 1967 32484 24 Jan 1990   30
UP 880 MILW 2067 SOO 2067       Dec 1968 34144 26 Dec 1989   31
UP 881 MILW 2060 SOO 2060       Dec 1968 34148 31 Jan 1990   32
UP 882 NYC 3030 PC 3030 CR 3030 C&NW 5519   Dec 1965 30967 25 Feb 1990   33
UP 883 NYC 3041 PC 3041 CR 3041 C&NW 5530   Dec 1965 30978 25 Feb 1990   34
UP 884 NYC 3101 PC 3101 CR 3101 KYLE 3101   Oct 1967 33512 10 Jan 1990   35
UP 885 NYC 3103 PC 3103 CR 3103 KYLE 3103   Oct 1967 33514 2 Dec 1989   36
UP 886 NYC 3025 PC 3025 CR 3025 C&NW 5514   Dec 1965 30962 14 Dec 1989   37
UP 887 MKT 229 UP 598       Nov 1969 35472 21 Feb 1991   38

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.

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