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12/27/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/2011 - 1/1/2011
Album Info:Photos of trains on the UP system
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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:  837   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:  954   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:  956   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:  554   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:  862   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:  968   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:  885   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:  724   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:  500   Comments: 0
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:  806   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:  720   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:  480   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:  561   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:  705   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:  524   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:  443   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:  511   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:  500   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:  397   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:  805   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) UP 6029(SD60)
Views:  543   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:  424   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:  632   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 215(F40PH)
Views:  738   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:  371   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:  629   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:  680   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:  633   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:  507   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:  503   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:  409   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:  459   Comments: 1
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:  619   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:  414   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:  445   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:  416   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:  565   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:  438   Comments: 0
Old GEs
Title:  Old GEs
Description:  Older GEs usually dont last long once theyre off lease, while EMDs live forever. So it was a treat to see these still running.
Photo Date:  4/17/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:49:30 AM
Location:  Multnomah, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9020(C36-7) UP 2659(C36-7)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
Local
Title:  Local
Description:  A UP local works in Ft Collins
Photo Date:  4/20/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:54:45 AM
Location:  Fort Collins, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 2299(GP38-2)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
Spring??
Title:  Spring??
Description:  The calendar says its been spring for a month, but you could not tell here in Utah.
Photo Date:  4/20/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:56:47 AM
Location:  Morgan, UT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9326(C40-8) UP 6069(SD60) UP 9325(C40-8)
Views:  401   Comments: 2
Still winter
Title:  Still winter
Description:  A westbound rolls through a late spring snow in Wyoming
Photo Date:  4/20/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:57:46 AM
Location:  Tie Siding, WY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9736(C44-9W) UP 6241(AC44CW) UP 6185(SD60M)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
Northbound with CNW
Title:  Northbound with CNW
Description:  A northbound train with a CNW leader passes the Pilot truck stop in Laredo
Photo Date:  4/11/1997  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:53:46 PM
Location:  Laredo, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CNW 6835(SD40-2) UP 978(GP50) UP 902(GP40-2)
Views:  490   Comments: 1
More familiar power
Title:  More familiar power
Description:  I had just seen a train with CNW power. Always a good thing, but Texans are more familiar with these units, though the CR SD 60 may be a little foreign to them. The trailing unit is one of the ex MP units UP removed the controls from and desgnated as a trailing only unit. Note the "B" in the numberboard to indicate such.
Photo Date:  4/11/1997  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:55:21 PM
Location:  Laredo, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7864(B30-7) SP 7880(B30-7) CR 6813(SD50) UP 4299(SD40-2)
Views:  628   Comments: 0
Joint Line coal
Title:  Joint Line coal
Description:  An empty coal train rolling to Wyoming passes the customer I was making a delivery to on this gray morning, behind a matched set of SP units.
Photo Date:  4/15/1997  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:57:27 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 243(AC44CW) SP 208(AC44CW) SP 274(AC44CW)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
Local in the gorge
Title:  Local in the gorge
Description:  A local behind a pair of GP 38s rolls down the Columbia River
Photo Date:  4/18/1997  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:59:07 PM
Location:  Multnomah, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  454   Comments: 0
Pigs east
Title:  Pigs east
Description:  A grab shot from the truck on I 84 gets a new SD60M and a Cotton Belt GP60 on an eastbound trailer train.
Photo Date:  4/18/1997  Upload Date: 4/16/2014 12:00:42 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6172(SD60M) SSW 9705(GP60)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
Grain for export
Title:  Grain for export
Description:  A westbound grain train seen heading to Portland and eventually to Asia
Photo Date:  4/18/1997  Upload Date: 4/16/2014 12:01:36 AM
Location:  Pendleton, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 9424(C41-8W) UP 6124(SD60M) UP 9230(C40-8) UP 3350(SD40-2)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
Across the desert
Title:  Across the desert
Description:  An eastbound UP train rolls near Barstow
Photo Date:  4/20/1997  Upload Date: 4/16/2014 12:02:56 AM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  64   Comments: 0
Coal train and grain elevator
Title:  Coal train and grain elevator
Description:  I passed this train while going east on CO 96 in Eads on the ex MP. Fortunately I was able to find a place to turn around and then catch him. The light was magnificent
Photo Date:  5/26/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 4:31:12 AM
Location:  Eads, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SP 124(AC44CW) SP 340(AC44CW)
Views:  710   Comments: 1


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