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4/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/2011 - 1/1/2011
Album Info:Photos of trains on the UP system
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Storage at Yermo
Title:  Storage at Yermo
Description:  A DDA40X is among the units stored at the UP yard at Yermo, Cal, just outside Barstow. Note the GP30B's to the left.
Photo Date:  8/14/1982  Upload Date: 6/12/2011 2:22:47 AM
Location:  Yermo, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6901(DDA40X) UP 6922(DDA40X)
Views:  987   Comments: 1
Passing the station
Title:  Passing the station
Description:  A westbound train passes the Barstow station as it heads for Cajon.
Photo Date:  8/21/1982  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:08:38 AM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3753(SD40-2) UP 3807(SD40-2) UP 3438(SD40-2)
Views:  766   Comments: 0
Waiting to head east
Title:  Waiting to head east
Description:  An eastbound waits to get out of the yard at Yermo behind the standard power of the era, SD40-2s. Taken from the Dutch door of Amtrak 36
Photo Date:  8/21/1982  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:11:49 AM
Location:  Yermo, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3787(SD40-2) UP 3533(SD40-2) DRGW 5375(SD40T-2) UP 3394(SD40-2)
Views:  881   Comments: 0
Big power
Title:  Big power
Description:  Yermo was known at the time for being the place the Centennials were stored. The best way to see them was from the Desert Wind, and I was able to get a good look. Here are several, waiting for reactivation, which would come for a short period in 1984.
Photo Date:  8/21/1982  Upload Date: 6/27/2014 3:52:36 AM
Location:  Yermo, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6909(DDA40X) UP 6946(DDA40X) UP 6942(DDA40X)
Views:  900   Comments: 0
Centennials
Title:  Centennials
Description:  Yermo was where UP put all its stored units. It had quite a collection. The day I rode past on the Desert Wind, there were these, among other things. I never was able to see them active.
Photo Date:  8/21/1982  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:14:23 AM
Location:  Yermo, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6942(DDA40X)
Views:  521   Comments: 1
Last one
Title:  Last one
Description:  The highest numbered Centennial stored at Yermo.
Photo Date:  8/21/1982  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:16:33 AM
Location:  Yermo, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6946(DDA40X) UP 6942(DDA40X)
Views:  795   Comments: 0
GP30B
Title:  GP30B
Description:  The UP decided it did not need all those cabs, and ordered a variety of "B" units from EMD, including, besides the usual E and F units, GP9s, GP30s, SD24s and DD35s. By the 1980s most of these were off the roster, though some GP30Bs hung on in storage at Yermo. Here are a couple, awaiting a call that would not come.
Photo Date:  8/21/1982  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 3:57:56 AM
Location:  Yermo, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 718B(GP30B) UP 704B(GP30B)
Views:  916   Comments: 3
Oddballs
Title:  Oddballs
Description:  One of the more unusual units was the GP30B, a unit only UP got. They shared the same styling as their cab equipped counterparts. UP in the 60s acquired a lot of power that was different, and these units surely were. This one is stored at Yermo, along with a number of others, as well as some Centennials and a few other models.
Photo Date:  8/21/1982  Upload Date: 6/27/2014 3:50:25 AM
Location:  Yermo, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 726B(GP30B) UP 6922(DDA40X)
Views:  808   Comments: 0
Clean power
Title:  Clean power
Description:  UP power always looks good when clean, and UP usually washed them on a regular basis. Heres a pair leading a train past a high/wide load as I pass by on Amtrak 36.
Photo Date:  8/23/1982  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:05:38 AM
Location:  Yermo, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3390(SD40-2) UP 3676(SD40-2)
Views:  657   Comments: 0
Yard job
Title:  Yard job
Description:  One of UPs GP 30s works the yard at Denver. These were still common in yard and local service
Photo Date:  8/23/1982  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:00:58 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 816(GP38-2)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
U boat
Title:  U boat
Description:  A U30C sits at Hinkle awaiting the next call to duty. There would not be many more for this aging GE
Photo Date:  3/16/1984  Upload Date: 6/6/2014 4:17:24 AM
Location:  Hinkle, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 2841(U30C)
Views:  422   Comments: 1
Class unit
Title:  Class unit
Description:  UP 3000 in the company of several others in its class at Hinkle yard
Photo Date:  3/16/1984  Upload Date: 5/24/2014 2:15:56 AM
Location:  Hinkle, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 3000(GP40) UP 3010(SD40) UP 3006(SD40)
Views:  733   Comments: 0
Clean power
Title:  Clean power
Description:  Saw this clean SD 40-2 from the passing Pioneer. UP, in contrast to some other roads, usually had pretty clean diesels. The Hinkle hump tower is in the background.
Photo Date:  3/16/1984  Upload Date: 5/24/2014 2:19:59 AM
Location:  Hinkle, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 3006(SD40)
Views:  674   Comments: 0
1980s power
Title:  1980s power
Description:  And the 70s. The standard in those days was the SD 40 and U30C. Heres one of each at Hinkle.
Photo Date:  3/16/1984  Upload Date: 6/6/2014 4:15:58 AM
Location:  Hinkle, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3011(SD40) UP 2904(U30C)
Views:  573   Comments: 0
C30
Title:  C30
Description:  A C30-7 sits in the engine terminal at Salt Lake City waiting for its next run
Photo Date:  3/17/1984  Upload Date: 6/5/2014 2:22:26 AM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 2413(C30-7)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
Theyre everywhere
Title:  Theyre everywhere
Description:  The standard freight unit of the late 70s and 80s was the SD40-2. UP had hundreds of em. This one is at Rawlins.
Photo Date:  3/17/1984  Upload Date: 5/24/2014 2:18:30 AM
Location:  Rawlins, WY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 3405(SD40-2)
Views:  441   Comments: 0
Big power
Title:  Big power
Description:  This Centennial was in the engine terminal at Salt Lake. Wish Id been able to see it on the road.
Photo Date:  3/17/1984  Upload Date: 6/5/2014 2:23:51 AM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6907(AC4460CW)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
Old classic
Title:  Old classic
Description:  There were still quite a few GP 30s working in local and yard service on UP in the 1980s. This one is seen at Green River from the Cal Zephyr.
Photo Date:  3/17/1984  Upload Date: 5/24/2014 2:17:23 AM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 832(GP30)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
Twilight on the plains
Title:  Twilight on the plains
Description:  UP 3798 races east at sunset.
Photo Date:  10/10/1984  Upload Date: 6/12/2011 2:21:11 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3799(SD40-2)
Views:  436   Comments: 0
Vanishing breed
Title:  Vanishing breed
Description:  A UP GP30 sits in the yard in Columbus Neb in October 1984. It was good to see one. Notice all the CNW power passing by in the background.
Photo Date:  10/11/1984  Upload Date: 8/20/2011 3:25:36 AM
Location:  Columbus, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 702(GP30)
Views:  656   Comments: 1
GP 30
Title:  GP 30
Description:  I caught this guy twice in Bonner Springs, both directions, long hood forward both times. Go figure. But Ill take a GP 30, which were still fairly common on the UP then.
Photo Date:  2/19/1986  Upload Date: 11/10/2014 2:51:13 AM
Location:  Bonner Springs, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 726(GP30)
Views:  481   Comments: 1
Returning west
Title:  Returning west
Description:  GP 30 powered local rolls west toward Lawrence.
Photo Date:  2/19/1986  Upload Date: 11/10/2014 2:53:09 AM
Location:  Bonner Springs, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 726(GP30)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
View from the truck
Title:  View from the truck
Description:  After I went to driving school, JB Hunt sent me out with a trainer for several weeks. We worked as a team, switching off the driving. We were rolling down I 57 one day, my trainer driving and me riding. I saw this UP train approaching from the east on the ex C&EI, and was able to get shot of it going away as it passed under the highway. The trailing unit, ex MP, is on familiar turf. Some days you win one.
Photo Date:  12/11/1995  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 3:30:49 AM
Location:  Tuscola, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 2446(C30-7) UP 4124(SD40-2)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
Inbound to Clearing
Title:  Inbound to Clearing
Description:  A UP train off the CNW heads for BRCs Clearing Yard.
Photo Date:  1/14/1996  Upload Date: 7/29/2012 4:26:11 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6307(SD60M) UP 9487(C41-8W)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
Eastbound from Neff
Title:  Eastbound from Neff
Description:  An eastbound train headed for St Louis on the ex MP rolls out of Neff Yard. It was a great time for CNW power, as it was all over the system, but almost none of it had been patched or repainted. JB Hunt's KC terminal was about a mile away. While killing time there, Id sometimes go down to the area around Southwest Jct, between Knoche and Neff Yards. It was always a good location.
Photo Date:  2/6/1996  Upload Date: 5/15/2014 3:54:53 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 8711(C44-9W) UP 3661(SD40-2)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
Local and a slug
Title:  Local and a slug
Description:  UP had a number of yard slugs in service at yards around the system to handle switching chores. Sometimes theyd get out on the road for local work, as this one did.
Photo Date:  2/6/1996  Upload Date: 5/15/2014 3:59:01 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1335(MP15DC) UP S27(Yard Slug)
Views:  750   Comments: 1
Coal with a visitor
Title:  Coal with a visitor
Description:  A 97 car westbound coal train approaches Neff Yard behind a pair of UP units and a Conrail leaser.
Photo Date:  2/6/1996  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 3:37:08 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6074(SD60) CR 504(C30-7) UP 6029(SD60)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
High above
Title:  High above
Description:  A westbound empty coal train passes on the flyover near Neff Yard.
Photo Date:  2/6/1996  Upload Date: 8/4/2014 3:39:56 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9138(C40-8) UP 9126(C40-8)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
Racks and an eastern visitor
Title:  Racks and an eastern visitor
Description:  An auto rack train rolls south toward the yard behind a power set that includes a CSX SD40. I was getting my truck serviced at our Little Rock terminal, and had about 8 hours to kill. The yard backed up to the UP's ex MP main just north of Jenks yard, so I found a spot to camp out and watched them go. Not the best location, due to some obstructions, but enough to get some decent photos-mostly.
Photo Date:  3/1/1996  Upload Date: 5/10/2014 1:45:58 AM
Location:  North Little Rock, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3643(SD40-2) CSX 8142(SD40-2)
Views:  556   Comments: 0
Interesting power
Title:  Interesting power
Description:  A 70 car southbound rolls past with some interesting pool power. May have been in tow, I dont recall now.
Photo Date:  3/1/1996  Upload Date: 5/10/2014 1:47:11 AM
Location:  North Little Rock, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3928(SD40-2) UP 3135(SD40-2) UP 3244(SD40-2) AMTK 235(F40PHR) AMTK 215(F40PH)
Views:  660   Comments: 0
Local from Jenks
Title:  Local from Jenks
Description:  A local behind a single unit works north out of Jenks yard, rolling past the JB Hunt terminal in North Little Rock
Photo Date:  3/1/1996  Upload Date: 5/10/2014 1:41:50 AM
Location:  North Little Rock, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 857(GP40)
Views:  337   Comments: 1
Northbound racks and more eastern power
Title:  Northbound racks and more eastern power
Description:  A northbound rack train rolls past with a Conrail unit in consist. The leader is on familiar turf-it was one of MP's C36-7's. Saw NS power that day too.
Photo Date:  3/1/1996  Upload Date: 5/10/2014 1:49:20 AM
Location:  North Little Rock, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 9001(C36-7) CR 5086(B40-8)
Views:  571   Comments: 0
Light power to the yard
Title:  Light power to the yard
Description:  A light power move rolls south past the JB Hunt terminal to Jenks yard. Leader is an experimental GP 40X, a test bed for the GP 50.
Photo Date:  3/1/1996  Upload Date: 5/10/2014 1:43:33 AM
Location:  North Little Rock, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 957(GP40X) UP 2419(C30-7) UP 3933(SD70M)
Views:  614   Comments: 0
Along I 80
Title:  Along I 80
Description:  I was headed west on I 80 on the way up Sherman Hill, and pulled into a rest area for a short break. This train rollled past eastbound while I was there. Conrail had 10 C30-7's. Don't you know I'd see one 1000 miles from the nearest CR point.
Photo Date:  4/14/1996  Upload Date: 5/10/2014 3:50:10 AM
Location:  Buford, WY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9298(C40-8) CR 6609(C30-7)
Views:  568   Comments: 1
Westbound
Title:  Westbound
Description:  A westbound with typical power for the time rolls past the rest area at Boardman along I 84. UP had just taken over CNW, and their power was really starting to integrate into UPs fleet. Because CNW power could lead on UP, it often was found in that position.
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:23:07 AM
Location:  Boardman, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 8614(C44-9W) UP 6330(SD60M)
Views:  456   Comments: 1
CNW leads intermodal
Title:  CNW leads intermodal
Description:  This was a typical sight on the UP.
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:25:40 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 8657(C44-9W) UP 3651(SD40-2)
Views:  453   Comments: 0
Along the river
Title:  Along the river
Description:  The Columbia River has no end to pretty spots. Heres a westbound at one of them.
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:29:16 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 8674(C44-9W) UP 6281(SD60M)
Views:  372   Comments: 1
Must have caught up to this one again
Title:  Must have caught up to this one again
Description:  Shot this guy twice, both times in scenic locations. Cant beat the gorge.
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:31:24 AM
Location:  Rufus, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 8674(C44-9W) UP 6281(SD60M)
Views:  420   Comments: 1
Mixed power rolls west
Title:  Mixed power rolls west
Description:  A westbound led by a mix of CNW, UP and MPI lease power rolls west along I 84 and the Columbia River near Multnomah Falls
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 7/31/2012 10:08:00 PM
Location:  Multnomah, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3350(SD40-2) MPI 9038(SD40M-2)
Views:  535   Comments: 0
Eastbound with SD40s
Title:  Eastbound with SD40s
Description:  Once the mainstay of UP trains, by the mid 90s the SD40-2 had been relegated largely to secondary trains, though drawing duty on a rack train wasnt too shabby and assignment.
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:39:24 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3365(SD40-2) UP 3690(SD40-2) UP 3843(SD70M)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
Eastbound behind SD40-2s
Title:  Eastbound behind SD40-2s
Description:  In the mid 90s it was still possible to find road trains running behind SD40 types, though they were becoming less common. Here three lead an eastbound along I 84,
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 7/31/2012 10:11:01 PM
Location:  Multnomah, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3365(SD40-2) UP 3690(SD40-2) UP 3843(SD40-2)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
Grain west
Title:  Grain west
Description:  A grain train behind some older power rolls along I 84
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:42:42 AM
Location:  Multnomah, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3647(SD40-2) UP 5020(SD50)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
Westbound behind an SD40-2 and SD50
Title:  Westbound behind an SD40-2 and SD50
Description:  Another scene shot from a rest area along I 84. Great place to watch the action. The SD 50's were starting to become unusual by then.
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 7/31/2012 10:12:27 PM
Location:  Multnomah, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3647(SD40-2) UP 5020(SD50)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
Westbound with SD60Ms
Title:  Westbound with SD60Ms
Description:  Another westbound, this time with SD60Ms.
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 7/31/2012 10:14:02 PM
Location:  Multnomah, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6098(SD60M) UP 6322(SD60M)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Eastbound along the river
Title:  Eastbound along the river
Description:  A UP eastbound with an SD60M/SD40-2 combination leads an APL stack train along the Columbia River
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 7/31/2012 10:15:46 PM
Location:  Multnomah, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6140(SD60M) UP 3518(SD40-2)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
Grain west
Title:  Grain west
Description:  A westbound grain train seem from a rest area on I 84
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:52:00 AM
Location:  The Dalles, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6251(SD60M) CNW 8662(C44-9W) UP 6174(SD60M)
Views:  405   Comments: 1
Through the trees
Title:  Through the trees
Description:  A westbound with aUP SD60M and a CNW SD40-2 roll west as seen from a rest area along I84.
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 7/31/2012 10:17:11 PM
Location:  Multnomah, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6334(SD60M)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
Columbia River scene
Title:  Columbia River scene
Description:  A westbound UP train rolls along the Columbia River
Photo Date:  4/16/1996  Upload Date: 6/12/2011 2:25:06 AM
Location:  The Dalles, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6251(SD60M) CNW 8662(C44-9W) UP 6174(SD60M)
Views:  610   Comments: 0
Westbound with a mix
Title:  Westbound with a mix
Description:  Even CNW secondary power got in the act, not just the new GEs. Heres an SD50 in the set, rolling a grain train to Portland
Photo Date:  4/17/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:44:33 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3795(SD40-2) CNW 7020(SD50) UP 3716(SD40-2)
Views:  496   Comments: 0
On the water
Title:  On the water
Description:  A westbound rolls along the river.
Photo Date:  4/17/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:46:39 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6355(SD60M) CNW 8658(C44-9W) UP 9446(C41-8W)
Views:  371   Comments: 0


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