Union Pacific Railroad

General Notes:

1. Total of 40 SP units went to UP at merger; 39 units remained to be renumbered to the UP 1800-1839 group.
2. Built as B39-8; model designation changed by UP from B39-8 to B40-8 on 29 January 1999; differences between the B39-8s and B40-8s was in the control software, having two model designations became unnecessary when all 39 B39-8s and all 51 B40-8s were upgraded to the same software.
3. Five units repainted to Union Pacific since the December 1999 renumber plan was adopted; two units (UP 1815 and 1829) were renumbered to their assigned UP 1800 series numbers; three units (UP 5626, 5639, and 5644) were repainted to their previous UP 5600 series numbers due to conflicts with existing GP38-2s in the 1800 series.
4. Assigned UP 5609-5648 in September 1997, 36 units renumbered; assigned UP 1800-1839 in December 1999.

Notes:

1. UP 1800 was wrecked on 24 November 2005 (Thanksgiving Day) at Momence, Illinois; scrapped at wreck site; for recordkeeping purposes in UP's computer system, the UP 1800 number was changed to WP 1800 on 15 December 2005.
2. UP 1804 is blank and not used; SP 8004 was wrecked on 25 October 1997 at West Junction (Houston), Texas, scrapped at wreck site; formally retired on 4 December 1997.
3. UP 1814 renumbered direct from SP 8013 (assigned UP 5622) on 4 September 2003.
4. UP 1815 renumbered direct from SP 8010 (assigned UP 5619) on 11 February 2000.
5. UP 1829 renumbered direct from SP 8029 (assigned UP 5638) on 17 January 2000.

General Notes:

1. Original total of 55 SSW units, numbered SSW 8040-8094; 51 units went to UP at merger; SP retired four units (SSW 8048, 8055, 8082, and 8094) prior to the merger.
2. UP 1887 (ex SSW 8090) was the first unit in this group to be renumbered to this number series, completed on 12 January 2000.
3. Assigned UP 5649-5699 in September 1997, 46 units renumbered; assigned UP 1840-1890 in December 1999.

Notes:

1. UP 1847 renumbered direct from SSW 8047 (assigned UP 5656) on 22 February 2000.
2. UP 1857 renumbered direct from SSW 8059 (assigned UP 5666) on 18 January 2000.
3. UP 1865 renumbered direct from SSW 8068 (assigned UP 5675) on 2 March 2000.
4. UP 1876 renumbered direct from SSW 8078 (assigned UP 5685) on 13 January 2000.
5. UP 1887 renumbered direct from SSW 8090 (assigned UP 5696) on 12 January 2000.

General Notes:

1. UP 1896 and 1996 were renumbered to commemorate the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, the 100th Summer Olympics held.
2. UP 1896 was built as UP 8046; renumbered to UP 3316 in September 1981; rebuilt to SD40-2R on 4 April 1996; renumbered to 1896 on 7 April 1996.
3. UP 1996 was built as UP 3339; renumbered to UP B3339, 9 March 1992; renumbered back to UP 3339, 24 March 1995; rebuilt to SD40-2R, 4 April 1996; renumbered to UP 1996 on 7 April 1996.
4. (Read more about Union Pacific's support of the Olympic Torch Relay Trains, including the Olympic Caldron Car and two sets of two locomotives.)

General Notes:

1. Total of 61 units to UP, numbered UP 1910-1970; leased from Locomotive Leasing Partners.
2. Delivered to UP in May 1997; repainted to Union Pacific in May 1997 through April 1998 (UP 1930, ex EMD 777, and UP 1951, ex EMD 815, were the first, both completed on 4 May 1997, and UP 1952, ex EMD 817, was the last, completed on 9 April 1998).
3. Built as Penn Central units; to Conrail in 1976; all 100 units (CR 7940-8039) were returned on demand to lessor/owner EMD on 15 July 1987; used by EMD as part of national lease fleet; renumbered to EMD 700 and 800 series numbers by dropping second digit (either 9 or 0) of PC/CR road number.
4. A total of 53 units were renumbered to the 410-series numbers in 2000-2002; eight units remained in the 1910-series at the time of retirement in 2003.
5. All 61 units, including 8 units (UP 1934, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1964, 1965, and 1970) still in their 1910-series numbers, were retired in February 2003 due to expiration of operating lease from Locomotive Leasing Partners (LLPX); some individual units had their leases extended in 30-day intervals.
6. Individual unit histories:

General Notes:

1. UP 1974 was in service on UP between 1988 and 1994; leased from Helm beginning in March 1988, as National Helm Leasing (NHL) 7789; NHL 7789 was built as PC 7789, then to CR 7789 in 1976; sold to Helm Financial and used in national lease service as NHL 7789 (rejected by Chicago, Missouri & Western as CMNW 2035 in 1987); changed from NHL 7789 to Union Pacific Leased (UPL) 7789 in March 1989; painted and renumbered to UP 1974 in September 1989.
2. Frame number 7191-115.

Notes:

1. UP 1974 was returned to Helm upon expiration of lease on 31 March 1994; in service on other railroads during 1994 as Helm Leasing (HLCX) 3613; rebuilt to GP38-3 and leased to UP as UP 2415 on 27 September 1997.

General Notes:

1. Built as MKT 300-303.
2. Lease expired on 20 June 1996, returned to lessor; sold to Kiamichi Railroad 3811-3814.
3. Built on EMD order number 7230.

General Notes:

1. Total of three MKT units went to UP at merger, numbered MKT 322-324.
2. Built as Penn Central units, to Conrail in 1976; lease to Conrail expired and EMD leased the units to MKT in February 1986; most (if not all) of the former CR units were briefly lettered as MKT prior to being renumbered to their final MKT numbers.
3. Purchased by UP in May 1996 upon expiration of original lease to MKT.
4. Assigned 1979-1981 in November 1988, all three units renumbered; 1980 and 1981 assigned 1781 and 1782 in September 1997, not renumbered; assigned 281 and 282 in December 1999, not renumbered prior to being retired
5. Built on EMD order number 7191.
6. Individual unit histories:

Notes:

1. UP 1979 was sold to Helm Financial on 29 May 1998; rebuilt to a GP38-2 by Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho; completed as UP 2418 on 20 October 1998.
2. UP 1980 was sold to National Railway Equipment, en route to NRE-Silvis on 14 March 2002.

General Notes:

1. Total of 18 MKT units went to UP at merger, numbered MKT 325-335 and 337-343 (MKT 336 blank and not used).
2. 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.
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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.
3. Purchased by UP on 23 October 1996 upon expiration of original lease to MKT.
4. Built on EMD order number 5747.
5. Assigned UP 1982-1999 in December 1988; assigned UP 1783-1799 in September 1997, six units renumbered; assigned UP 283-299 in December 1999.
6. Individual unit histories:

Notes:

1. UP 1985 was sold to National Railway Equipment, and was seen en route to NRE-Silvis on 14 March 2002; still at NRE in Silvis, Illinois, during mid September 2007.
2. UP 1990 was wrecked (severe fire damage following a crankcase explosion) on 22 November 1989 in Illinois; sold to National Railway Equipment in December 1990; fire damage repaired; leased by NRE to Arizona & California 3804. (previously reported in error as having been leased to Kiamichi RR 3804) (Source: email from Norm Metcalf on August 26, 2005, citing Randy Keller and Kiamichi Railroad; stating that Kiamichi RR 3804 was an ex MP/T&P GP35 rebuilt to GP38 standards, rather than a standard GP38 such as UP 1990 .)
3. UP 1991 was sold to Helm Financial, then resold to Progress Rail in April 2007. (previously reported in error as being sold to Helm Financial and used in national lease service as HLCX 3682.)
4. UP 1995 was sold to Helm Financial on 29 May 1998; rebuilt to a GP38-2 by Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho; completed as UP 2419 on 20 October 1998 (assigned UP 918).
5. UP 1996 was renumbered to UP 19 on 19 March 1996 (to vacate the 1996 number for use by a UP 1996 Summer Olympics commemorative SD40-2); renumbered to UP 1796 on 17 April 1997.
6. UP 1997 is still in service, as of May 2010; frame checked in October 2009 as 5747-18, which is out of sequence
7. UP 1998 was sold to Helm Financial and used in national lease service as HLCX 3683; sold to Progress Rail in April 2007.
8. UP 1999 was retired in May 2001 but was still on UP property; renumbered to temporary WP reporting mark as WP 1999 on 25 June 2001 to avoid conflict with ex SSW GP60 9697, which was renumbered to UP 1999 on 26 June 2001; WP 1999 was sold to National Railway Equipment, and was seen en route to NRE-Silvis on 14 March 2002.

General Notes:

1. Total of 10 units renumbered from SP to this UP number series; all subsequent units renumbered direct from their SP/HLLX numbers to the UP 471-498 series.
2. Total of 28 units in service on UP; one unit (HLLX 2608) was returned by UP to Helm for repairs removed from the lease (HLLX 2608, ex CSX 2608, assigned SP number 4872, was sold by Helm to Mexicana de Cobre (Mexican Copper Co.) in late October 1996 and renumbered F11-14).
3. Total of 29 SP/Helm lease units went to UP at merger, numbered (and assigned numbers) SP 4845-4873; leased from Helm Financial; originally assigned UP 1971-1999.
4. Total of 30 units built as L&N units; to Seaboard System (SBD) units; to CSX Transportation units (CSX 2580-2608); all 30 units returned by CSX Transportation to owner/lessor on 1 April 1993; sold to Helm Financial (HLLX) and used in national lease fleet; Helm sold ex CSX 2596 to Magma Arizona 5A.
5. Total of 29 units were first leased by Helm to SP on short-term lease in May and June 1993, with HLLX reporting marks, still in L&N/SBD/CSX paint; short-term lease changed to long-term lease in August 1993, with all 29 units to be reconditioned for Helm by AMF Transport, Montreal, Que.; in November 1993 through December 1994, 10 units were completed in the SP 150 series (SP 166, ex CSX/HLLX 2597, was the first to be completed, on 16 November 1993; SP 167, ex CSX/HLLX 2598, was the last, completed on 15 December 1994); subsequent units were completed in SP's 4845 series, clearing the 150 series for SP's new GE AC4400s (now known by UP as C44ACs), delivered to SP as SP 100-378 in April through October 1995; first unit in the SP 4845 series was SP 4871 (ex CSX/HLLX 2607), completed on 24 February 1995; the 10 150 series units were renumbered to their corresponding 4845 series numbers in January through March 1995 (SP 4848, ex SP 153, was the last unit completed, on 30 March 1995); many of the units painted in full SP gray also had a modified version of the standard SP scarlet wings in that the scarlet area was solid rather than separated by the small gray stripes within the wing area; AMF Transport completed just 16 of the 27 units as SP units, to SP 4849, completed on 16 February 1996; the subsequent 10 units were completed by Metro East Industries of East St. Louis, Illinois
6. Some units were operated on SP until the UP merger with their Helm (HLLX) numbers, and were repainted direct from their Helm numbers to their UP numbers, skipping their assigned SP numbers.
7. Assigned UP 1971-1998 in September 1997, 10 units renumbered; assigned UP 471-498 in December 1999.
8. Individual unit histories:

Notes:

1. SP 4846 (assigned UP 1972) was retired by UP on 27 December 2001 and replaced in the operating lease by HLCX 3878 on 29 November 2001; HLCX 3878 was not assigned a UP number.
2. UP 1978 (ex SP 4852) was the first in this group to be repainted to the UP 1971-1998 group, completed on 21 December 1996, and UP 1992 (ex HLLX 2602) was the last, completed on 5 August 1998; all subsequent units renumbered to UP 471-498 series or retired.
3. UP 1982 (ex SP 4856) was previously reported as being retired on 13 October 2003, but was instead renumbered to UP 283 in April 2004, and remains in service as of February 2008.
4. UP 1993, 1994, and 1996 were retired and returned to owner Helm Financial on 13 October 2003 upon expiration of operating lease.

General Notes:

1. All six units are painted in special paint schemes, with newly designed paint schemes that are meant to commemorate the heritage of UP's predecessor companies.
2. All six units were delivered by EMD to UP in gray primer, and operated systemwide for a brief time period until they were moved to Wisconsin & Southern's paint shop at Horicon, Wisconsin, for application of the special paint schemes.
3. All six SD70ACe heritage locomotives, along with UP SD70ACe 8444 in standard UP yellow and gray, were gathered for a special photo on June 30, 2007 at Salt Lake City, Utah. The photo was published in the October 2007 issue of Trains magazine.

Notes:

1. For UP 1982, MP was controlled by UP on January 1, 1983; MP, along with all of its subsidiaries (including MKT by that time) was formally merged into UP on January 1, 1998; UP 1982 was unveiled (along with UP 1983) at a special heritage ceremony at Omaha, Nebraska, on July 30, 2005.
2. For UP 1983, WP was controlled by UP on January 1, 1983; Western Pacific Railroad was formally merged into Union Pacific on June 17, 1987 (on June 15, 1987, Western Pacific's two subsidiaries, Tidewater Southern and Sacramento Northern , were merged into WP); UP 1983 was unveiled (along with UP 1982) at a special heritage ceremony at Omaha, Nebraska, on July 30, 2005.
3. For UP 1988, MKT was controlled by UP on August 12, 1988; MKT was formally merged into MP on December 1, 1989; UP 1988 was released in early August 2005, and moved to Chicago, where it entered revenue service on August 4, 2005 on a train to East St. Louis, Illinois
4. For UP 1989, SP was controlled by D&RGW's parent company (Rio Grande Industries) on October 13, 1988; Rio Grande Industries changed its name to Southern Pacific Rail Corp. on May 14, 1993, and was itself controlled by UP on September 11, 1996, then formally merged into UP on February 1, 1998; UP 1989 was unveiled at a special heritage ceremony at Denver, Colorado, on June 17, 2006, and entered revenue service that night, on a train to Pueblo, Colorado.
5. The builder decal for UP 1989 (as UP 8521, 1st) actually reads as 20056729-098, built 05-2006. Although this could mean that the group was split into separate builder lots, the variation more likely indicates a simple typographical error when the decal was being produced. (data from photo of decal at time of delivery, courtesy of Ken Larson via email on November 23, 2013)
6. For UP 1995, C&NW was controlled by UP on April 25, 1995; C&NW was formally merged into UP on June 26, 1995; on August 1, 1995, UP merged with Western Railroad Properties (WRPI), a C&NW subsidiary organized to build its line into the Wyoming Powder River Basin; UP 1995 was unveiled at a special heritage ceremony at Chicago on July 15, 2006 and entered revenue service that night on a train to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
7. For UP 1996, SP was controlled by UP on September 11, 1996; SP's subsidiaries D&RGW and SPCSL were formally merged into UP on June 1, 1997; SP subsidiary SSW was formally merged into UP on September 1, 1997; SP itself was formally merged into UP on February 1, 1998 (actually, UP was merged into SP, and SP changed it name to UP on the same day); UP 1996 was unveiled at a special heritage ceremony at Roseville, California, on August 19, 2006; entered revenue service on August 24, 2006 (following some minor warranty repairs) on a train to Eugene, Oregon.