Union Pacific Railroad

General Notes:

1. UP 2140 assigned UP 640; not renumbered for unknown reasons; renumbered to UP 238 on 13 November 2008
2. UP 238 built as MP 2140; renumbered to UP 2140 on 6 May 1988 (part of UP 2111-2237 group)
3. Not equipped with dynamic braking.

General Notes:

1. UP 2344 assigned UP 279, rather than UP 844, to leave the 844 number available for use by UP's 4-8-4 steam locomotive.
2. Not equipped with dynamic braking.

General Notes:

1. UP 2166 assigned UP 280, rather than UP 666, to keep the 666 number slot blank and unused.
2. Not equipped with dynamic braking.

General Notes:

1. UP 281 was one of 14 MKT units to UP at merger, numbered MKT 304-317; renumbered to UP 2335-2348 in November 1988 through April 1991; renumbered to UP 835-848 in February 2000 through April 2003.
2. UP 281 renumbered from UP 846 in March 2008 for unknown reasons.
3. Not equipped with dynamic braking.

General Notes:

1. UP 282 came to UP with the UP/SP merger in 1996 as one of a group of 45 SP units (Complete histories of the entire 45-unit group).
2. SP 4801 was renumbered to UP 282 on 12 September 2008, instead of its planned UP 565 for unknown reasons.

General Notes:

1. UP 283 came to UP with the UP/SP merger in 1996 as one of a group of 29 SP units being leased from Helm Financial at the time (Complete histories of the entire 29-unit group).
2. UP 283 was built as L&N 4075; renumbered to Seaborard 4075; renumbered to CSX 2585; returned to owner Helm Financial in April 1993 and leased to SP in May 1993 as HLLX 2585; renumbered to SP 4856 in (??); renumbered to UP 1982 on 22 September 1997; renumbered to UP 283 on 21 April 2004, still in service as of February 2008.
3. Unit history:

General Notes:

1. Total of 18 units went to UP at merger, numbered MKT 325-335 and 337-343 (MKT 336 blank and not used).
2. UP 1990 (ex MKT 333) and UP 1995 (ex MKT 339) were retired by UP; leaving 16 units to be renumbered to UP 1783-1799 in September 1997; six units actually renumbered prior to being assigned to UP 283-299 group.
3. Original total of 20 units, built for Illinois Central; to Illinois Central Gulf in 1972; lease to ICG expired and 18 units were leased to MKT in 1985; two ICG units were left out of the lease to MKT: ICG 9510 and ICG 9512; ICG 9510 was purchased by ICG following a March 1975 wreck, and was not transferred to MKT; later sold by ICG in 1994 to New England Central 9510; ICG 9512 (EMD 35677, Feb 1970) was rejected by MKT in original lease from Helm Financial due to poor mechanical condition, leaving the MKT number 336 blank and not used; ICG 9512 was later used by Helm in their national lease fleet as HLCX 9712, then to Chicago, Missouri & Western 2048, then to Gateway Western 2048; ICG 9503 (later MKT 328 and UP 1985) carried ICG's commemorative bicentennial paint scheme as ICG 1776, from June 1975 through September 1976, as replacement to ICG 9510, the original commemorative unit, which carried the special scheme for less than one month, until it was wrecked in March 1975.
4. Purchased by UP on 23 October 1996 upon expiration of original lease to MKT.
5. Built on EMD order number 5747.
6. Assigned UP 1982-1999 in December 1988; assigned UP 1783-1799 in September 1997, six units renumbered; assigned UP 283-299 in December 1999.
7. Individual unit histories:

Notes:

1. UP 296 (ex UP 1796, ex UP 19, ex UP 1996) operated as UP 1996 until 19 March 1996, then renumbered to UP 19 to vacate the UP 1996 number slot for use by the 1996 Summer Olympics commemorative SD40-2, then renumbered to UP 1796 on 4 April 1997.

General Notes:

1. Total of 29 units to UP, numbered UP 1800-1828; leased from Helm Financial.
2. Delivered to UP in February 1989; repainted to Union Pacific in February 1989 through November 1991 (UP 1822, ex UP 2385/MP 2059, was the first, completed on 28 February 1989, and UP 1812, ex MP 2032, was the last, completed on 21 November 1991).
3. Built as MP 900 series units, renumbered to MP 2000 series units in 1974; seven units renumbered to UP 2300 series numbers in 1986.
4. Part of a 64 unit group of locomotives (ex MP 2009-2073) previously on 15 year lease to MP, which were returned to their owner/lessor by UP upon expiration of the leases in July 1987 and January 1988; sold to Helm Financial; 35 of these 64 units were rebuilt by Grand Trunk's Battle Creek, Mich., shops and renumbered to GT 5700-5734.
5. The above 29 units were leased to other roads by Helm Financial (HL) until they arrived back on Union Pacific in late February 1989 in their original MP/UP (HL) 2000/2300 series road numbers.
6. UP 315 (ex UP 1815) was the first of this group to be renumbered to the 300 series, completed on 25 January 2000.
7. Not equipped with dynamic braking.
8. Individual unit histories:

General Notes:

1. Total of 17 units to UP, numbered UP 1830-1846; leased from Helm Financial.
2. Delivered to UP in November 1996; repainted to Union Pacific in November 1996 through July 1997 (UP 1846, ex HATX 216, was the first, completed on 30 November 1996, and UP 1845, ex HATX 215, was the last, completed on 15 July 1997).
3. Built as MP 900 series units; renumbered to MP 2000 series in 1974; all renumbered from MP to UP (same numbers) in 1986 to 1991, except MP 2075 and 2106, which retained their MP numbers until becoming HATX units.
4. Part of a 37 unit group (ex MP 2074-2110) previously on 15-year lease to MP, and returned to their owner/lessor by UP upon expiration of the leases in December 1993; sold to Helm Financial and held on UP property.
5. The above 17 units were moved by Helm in March and April 1994 for lease to CSX Transportation and numbered Helm Atlantic (HATX) 200-216; returned to Helm in September 1996 upon expiration of 30-month lease to CSX.
6. Not equipped with dynamic braking.
7. Individual unit histories:

General Notes:

1. Leased from Helm Financial.

Notes:

1. UP 347 was rebuilt from D&RGW GP40 3081, which was retired by UP in May 1997 and sold to Helm Financial in August 1998; rebuilt to GP38M-2 by Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho; completed on 15 December 2000.
2. UP 348 is ex Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (FNM) GP38-2 9401; sold to Helm Financial and stored at MPI Noreste in San Luis Potosi, Mexico until reconditioned in January 2001 and leased to UP as UP 348.

General Notes:

1. Total of 20 units to UP, numbered as UP 350-369 (former B&M numbers); then as UP 2729-2748; then as UP 1229-1248; leased from Connell Leasing.
2. Delivered to UP in 8-17 July 1996; numbered temporarily for UP, with former B&M 300 series numbers, still in Guilford gray paint scheme, with UP reporting marks; repainted to Union Pacific in August and September 1996 (UP 2745, 2746, and 2747 were the first, completed all on 23 August 1996, and UP 2733 was the last, completed on 16 September 1996).
3. Built as Delaware & Hudson 7601-7620 group; D&H purchased by Guilford Transportation Industries in 1983; units rebuilt in July through November 1984 by Morrison Knudsen and renumbered to Guilford/Boston & Maine 350-359 (not in D&H 7601-7620 series sequence) (see Pacific RailNews, Issue 258, May 1985); lease expired on 31 July 1996 and the units were returned to Connell Leasing.

General Notes:

1. Total of 15 units to be renumbered to UP 349-363 group; built as MP 900 series units, renumbered to MP 2000 series units in 1974; renumbered to UP series (same numbers) in October 1986 through August 1994 (UP 2087, ex MP 2087, was the first, completed on 3 October 1986, and UP 2103, ex MP 2103, was the last, completed on 2 August 1994).
2. Part of a 37 unit group (ex MP 2074-2110) previously on 15-year lease to MP (lease assumed by UP), and returned to their owner/lessor upon expiration of the lease in December 1993; sold by owner/lessor to Helm Financial and held on UP property; of the 37 unit group, 17 units were leased to CSX Transportation as HATX units (see UP 330-346, above); two units went to Montana Western; two units went to Alton & Southern; and 16 units were leased by UP in May 1994; 15 units remain of the 16 units leased to UP; UP 2074 was wrecked in November 1994 and retired.
3. Assigned UP 1849-1863 in September 1997, no units renumbered; assigned UP 349-363 in December 1999.
4. UP 354 (ex 2089) was the first of this group to be renumbered, completed on 5 February 2000.
5. Not equipped with dynamic braking.

Notes:

1. UP 362, as UP 2103 (ex MP 2103), was the last former Missouri Pacific unit to be repainted to Union Pacific, completed on 2 August 1994, 11 years and eight months after the 1982 merger of UP, MP, and WP.

General Notes:

1. Total of 35 C&NW units to UP at merger, numbered C&NW 4600-4634.
2. Originally ordered by CRI&P (Rock Island), but the units went to C&NW instead, following the bankruptcy and shutdown of Rock Island.
3. Built without dynamic braking; added by NRE during 2000 after their service on C&NW and UP.
4. UP 365-376 and 391-399 (21 units) were owned by First Security Bank of Utah and leased to C&NW, then to UP; the lease expired and the units were sold to Locomotive Leasing Partners (LLPX) and leased again to UP; dynamic braking was added during April-October 2000 for LLPX by VMV Enterprises, Paducah, Kentucky, and units were further modified for service on UP by UP at Jenks Shops in North Little Rock, Arkansas, including cab air conditioning and full repainting from C&NW to UP; completed between June and November 2000.
5. Assigned UP 1865-1899 in June 1995, one unit (UP 1866) renumbered; assigned UP 365-399 in December 1999.

Notes:

1. The lease on C&NW 4612-4625 (14 units) ended on 31 January 2000, and the units were returned to their owner/lessor, CitiCorp; moved for storage to National Railway Equipment at Silvis and Mount Vernon, Illinois