SP Locomotives To UP By Merger In 1996

General Notes:

1. Total of 12 units to UP at merger.
2. SP 4323 was retired by SP prior to UP merger; still on property at merger and sold to Larry's Truck Electric in March 1997.

Notes:

1. SP 4313, 4371, and 4402 were sold to Helm Financial Corp; SP 4313 was shipped to Metro East Industries, East St. Louis, Illinois, during February 1998.
2. SP 4338 was sold to National Railway Equipment in July 1997.
3. SP 4390 was sold for scrap to Midwest Metallics in April 1997; stored at Comet Industries, Kansas City, Missouri, in June 1999.
4. SP 4396 was sold to Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, on 15 April 1999.
5. SP 4401 was sold to Mat Monson in July 1998.
6. SP 4407, 4415, and 4436 were sold to Larry's Truck Electric in March 1997.
7. SP 4450 was sold to Golden Gate Museum in August 1997.

General Notes:

1. Total of two units to UP at merger, numbered as SP 5298 and 5318.
2. Assigned UP 2850 and 2851 in December 1996, not renumbered prior to being retired.

Notes:

1. SP 5298 was sold to Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, on 30 September 1999.

General Notes:

1. Original total of 26 units, numbered D&RGW 5315-5340; 10 units to UP at merger, including five units (D&RGW 5325, 5331, 5334, 5339, 5340) already retired by SP, but which were still on property and sold by UP; D&RGW 5315-5321, 5327, 5329-5333, 5335-5338 (16 units) were retired by SP prior to UP merger.

Notes:

1. D&RGW 5322 was retired by UP; stored at Neff Yard in Kansas City.
2. D&RGW 5323 was sold to National Railway Equipment, Dixmoor, Illinois, in July 1997; moved to NRE's former Precision facility in Mount Vernon, Illinois, in November 1997; rebuilt to UP SD40-2 4734, completed on 31 December 1998.
3. D&RGW 5324 was retired by UP.
4. D&RGW 5325 was retired by SP, but was still on property at UP merger; retired by UP on 26 March 1997; sold to National Railway Equipment, Dixmoor, Illinois, in July 1997; moved to NRE's former Precision facility in Mount Vernon, Illinois, in November 1997; rebuilt to UP SD40-2 4737, completed on 26 January 1999.
5. D&RGW 5326 was retired by UP.
6. D&RGW 5328 was sold to National Railway Equipment, Dixmoor, Illinois, in July 1997; moved to NRE's former Precision facility in Mount Vernon, Illinois, in November 1997; rebuilt to UP SD40-2 4741, completed on 16 February 1999.
7. D&RGW 5331 was retired by SP, but was still on property at UP merger; retired by UP on 26 March 1997; sold to National Railway Equipment, Dixmoor, Illinois, in July 1997; moved to NRE's former Precision facility in Mount Vernon, Illinois, in November 1997; sold to Ortonville Stone Co. 2801, Aberdeen, South Dakota.
8. D&RGW 5334 was retired by SP, but was still on property at UP merger; retired by UP on 26 March 1997; sold to Helm Financial, 26 March 1997; rebuilt to SD40M-3 by Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, completed as Helm Leasing (HLCX) 6522 on 15 November 1997.
9. D&RGW 5339 was retired by SP, but was still on property at UP merger; retired by UP on 26 March 1997; sold to National Railway Equipment (NREX), Dixmoor, Illinois, in July 1997; to Ortonville Stone 2701, Aberdeen, South Dakota, in August 1998.
10. D&RGW 5340 was retired by SP, but was still on property at UP merger; retired by UP on 26 March 1997; sold to Helm Financial, 26 March 1997; rebuilt to SD40M-3 by Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, completed as Helm Leasing (HLCX) 6524 on 5 November 1997.

General Notes:

1. D&RGW 5763 was acquired by Union Pacific through merger in September 1996; stored at Cheyenne until rebuilt in February 2019 by NMI Industrial in Sacramento, California, as SPMW 8222, assigned as power unit for rebuilt rotary SPMW 222. Assigned to Roseville, California.

General Notes:

1. Original total of 61 units, numbered SP 6300, 6302-6361; 13 units to UP at merger; 48 units retired by SP prior to UP merger.
2. Built as SP 7400- and 7700-class standard GP35s; renumbered to SP 6500- and 6600-class; rebuilt by SP to GP35Rs between 1977 and 1979; the first, SP 6300, was completed in October 1977 at Sacramento as a prototype; the remaining 60 units were completed by Morrison Knudsen at Boise and by Canadian National; the 31 units rebuilt by MK (SP 6302-6323, 6353-6361) were completed between October 1978 and November 1979; the 29 units rebuilt by CN (SP 6324-6352) were completed between January and December 1979. SP 6301 was not completed as a rebuilt-in-kind GP35R, instead it was rebuilt to a non-turbocharged, 2000 horsepower GP35R, and numbered SP 4160.

Notes:

1. SP 6307 and 6343 were sold to National Railway Equipment in April 1997.
2. SP 6312 was sold to Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, on 15 April 1999.
3. SP 6317 was sold to Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, on 30 September 1999.
4. SP 6333 was sold to Progress Rail Services (PRSX), Albertville, Ala, in national lease service as PRSX 1002.
5. SP 6340 and 6346 were sold to Helm Financial; SP 6340 was at Metro-East Industries, East St. Louis, Illinois, during March 1999.
6. SP 6351 and 6354 were sold to National Railway Equipment Co., on 7 July 1997.
7. SP 6359 was sold to Progress Rail Services (PRSX), Albertville, Ala, in national lease service as PRSX 1001.

General Notes:

1. Original total of 86 units, numbered SP 7300-7385; 83 units went to UP at merger; SP retired three units (SP 7317, 7347, and 7382) prior to the merger.
2. Built as standard SD40s and rebuilt to SD40R by SP at Sacramento, California, in June 1980 through August 1981 in what SP called its General Rehabilitation and Improvement Program, or GRIP; the program included installation of Dash 2 style electrical controls.
3. Former SP designation was SD40R; UP designation is SD40-2.

Notes:

1. SP 7303 was first retired on 24 September 1998; reinstated on 9 January 1999; retired again on 30 June 1999.
2. SP 7303, 7342, 7355, and 7373 were sold to Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, 15 April 1999.
3. SP 7315, 7329, 7330, 7340, 7361, 7369, 7372, 7381 (eight units) were sold to Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, on 30 September 1999; SP 7329, 7369, and 7381 in transit through Eastport, Idaho, 10 August 2000.
4. SP 7318 was sold to EMD on 31 October 1998; rebuilt to SD40-2 and leased back to UP as UP 4767 on 19 September 1999.
5. SP 7342 was completed as a rebuilt SD40R by SP in December 1980, and received an experimental orange, red, and gray paint scheme, mostly orange with red lettering on the left side and mostly orange with white lettering on the right side; right side repainted with a gray roof, with the color separation line along the top of the roof; after a management review, the left side was repainted to match the right side with its gray roof; repainted in late 1981 to match a similar scheme used on SP 7399; repainted back to standard SP gray between May and October 1989.
6. SP 7346 and 7359 were retired for use as training locomotives.
7. SP 7362 was donated in March 1999 to Mid-Plains Community College, North Platte, Nebraska, to serve as training aid for the school's locomotive mechanic training program.
8. SP 7368 was wrecked on 18 November 1999 at Carnes, Iowa.

General Notes:

1. Rebuilt from SP SD45 8837 by SP at Sacramento, California. in October 1981, using an SD40-2 electrical standards and a 3000-horsepower, 16-cylinder diesel engine, retaining its original SD45 carbody; as a result of the rebuilding, the unit was mechanically similar to the earlier SD40R rebuilds; at the same time, SP began a rebuild program for their SD45s that produced 3200-horsepower units with their 20-cylinder engines still intact.
2. Originally painted in an experimental orange, red, and gray paint scheme; repainted to SPSF pre-merger paint scheme, and later to the standard SP gray and scarlet paint scheme.
3. Former SP designation was SD44R; UP designation is SD40-2.

Notes:

1. Sold to EMD on 31 October 1998; leased back to UP as UP SD40-2 4766 on 4 September 1999.