Union Pacific Railroad

General Notes:

1. Total of 130 C&NW units to UP at merger, numbered C&NW 8601-8730.
2. Assigned UP 9570-9699 in June 1995, three units (9596, 9659, 9668) renumbered; assigned UP 9665-9699 (for C&NW 8601-8635) and UP 9740-9834 (for C&NW 8636-8730) in March 1997.
3. UP's designation for these units is C44-9W; GE's designation is Dash 9-44CW.

Notes:

1. UP 9668 (ex C&NW 8699) was the first former C&NW unit to be renumbered to UP, completed on 16 June 1995.

General Notes:

1. Total of 35 C&NW units to UP at merger, numbered C&NW 8601-8635.
2. Note that the builder serial numbers for C&NW 8633-8635 (UP 9697-9699) were not in sequence; the gap was after C&NW 8609 (UP 9673). (correction from Steve Gerbracht, email dated January 8, 2012)
3. Originally assigned UP 9570-9604 in June 1995; assigned UP 9665-9699 in September 1997.
4. UP's designation for these units is C44-9W; GE's designation is Dash 9-44CW.

Notes:

1. UP 9665, as C&NW 8601, was the first C44-9CW built by GE; completed during October 1993 (with an official built date of November 1993); painted in a dark gray GE demonstrator paint scheme, with a large, partial GE logo on the cab side (see Extra 2200 South, Issue 101, page 32); sent to the AAR test track near Pueblo, Colo, for high speed and other testing; returned to GE, repainted in standard C&NW colors and delivered to C&NW in late December 1993.
2. UP 9682 was painted in full UP yellow and gray, completed on 18 September 2006. (information from Jim Haguewood)
3. UP 9691, as UP 9596 (ex C&NW 8627), was the first of this group to be repainted to Union Pacific, completed on 14 November 1995.

General Notes:

1. UP 9737 and 9738 were wrecked on 15 May 1995 at Flomaton, Ala, while in service on CSX Transportation; both were repaired and returned to service; UP 9738 was retired by UP on 23 October 1995, but was repaired and reinstated to UP's roster on 28 June 1996.
2. UP's designation for these units is C44-9W; GE's designation is Dash 9-44CW.

Notes:

1. UP 9716 was wrecked on 20 August 1997 at Bomber (MP 251.8, West Fort Worth), Texas; sold for scrap to Smith & Chambers, 11 November 1998.

General Notes:

1. Total of 95 C&NW units to UP at merger, numbered C&NW 8636-8730.
2. Assigned UP 9605-9699 in June 1995, assigned UP 9740-9834 in September 1997.
3. UP 9763 (as C&NW 8659), UP 9821 (as C&NW 8717), and UP 9831 (as C&NW 8727) received Operation Lifesaver logos.
4. UP 9804 (as C&NW 8700) is equipped with a metal plaque reading "David L. Meyers, 1947-1994" on its nose commemorating the late David L. Meyers, former C&NW Director-Engineer Training.
5. UP 9819 (ex C&NW 8715) has been painted with UP's FUTURE Network slogan, denoting "Formally United Together for Understanding and Reaching Everyone"; a network of totally safe workplaces at each of UP's terminals and yards.
6. UP's model designation is C44-9W; GE's designation is Dash 9-44CW.

Notes:

1. UP 9775, as C&NW 8671 was wrecked, with a crushed cab; repairs included using the salvaged cab from SP 145, which had been wrecked before the UP merger and retained by SP at Burnham Shops in Denver, Colorado.
2. UP 9777 (ex C&NW 8693) was the first of this group to be repainted to Union Pacific, completed on 11 October 1996, the only unit of this group to carry the "We Will Deliver" slogan.
3. UP 9777 was wrecked on 11 August 1999 at Clinton, Iowa.
4. UP 9785 was renumbered from C&NW 8681 on 3 September 2005; previously reported as being renumbered on 31 October 2000, but a photo by Brian Woodruff shows the unrenumbered and unpatched C&NW 8681 on August 2, 2005 on the point of a train at Elgin, Tenn. (Reported as being renumbered in the October 2000 changes, and again in the September 2005 changes). (information from Justin Hardecopf and Mike Woodruff, via LocoNotes email discussion group)
5. UP 9794 was renumbered from UP 9659 (ex C&NW 8690) on 13 February 1996.
6. UP 9803, as UP 9668 (ex C&NW 8699) was the first former C&NW unit to be renumbered to UP, completed on 16 June 1995.
7. UP 9816 (ex C&NW 8712) was painted to UP colors by contractor Rescar in Hudson, Colorado; repainted to UP's new wings and lightning stripe image during mid 2001; wrecked (grade crossing accident) on 29 October 2001 at Mesquite, Texas; repainted with UP's new U. S. flag image upon completion of wreck repairs at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on 1 March 2002.
8. UP 9826 (ex C&NW 8722) was repainted to full UP colors on 13 December 2000, becoming the first GE locomotive to enter regular service with the new Wings image; UP 7555, a new C60AC, was completed in the new image at the GE factory in Erie, Pa., at about the same time, but did not enter service until January 2001.