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Viewing Album:  UP - EMD Frt Locos (SD40-2)
 
By:Ron Hawkins
Dates:2/1/1973 - 12/31/2013
Album Info:Various UP SD40-2 locomotives including 8000 series and SD40-2 rebuilts.
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UP 3455
Title:  UP 3455
Description:  UP 3455 and a trio of Espee U-boats are heading south out of Klamath Falls.
Photo Date:  8/26/1978  Upload Date: 7/16/2019 2:30:59 PM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3455(SD40-2)
Views:  203   Comments: 1
UP 3453
Title:  UP 3453
Description:  UP 3455 is only four months old and the crew must be thrilled it's on the point instead of one of the GEs.
Photo Date:  8/26/1978  Upload Date: 7/16/2019 2:31:32 PM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3455(SD40-2)
Views:  218   Comments: 1
UP 3353
Title:  UP 3353
Description:  UP 3353 is on WP rails north of Sacramento.
Photo Date:  8/27/1978  Upload Date: 7/11/2019 8:08:19 PM
Location:  Craig, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3353(SD40-2)
Views:  190   Comments: 1
UP 3286
Title:  UP 3286
Description:  UP 3286 was delivered in July 1974.
Photo Date:  9/30/1978  Upload Date: 6/30/2019 2:30:40 PM
Location:  Devore, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3286(SD40-2)
Views:  271   Comments: 2
UP 3453
Title:  UP 3453
Description:  UP 3453 is heading westbound towards Los Angeles.
Photo Date:  9/30/1978  Upload Date: 7/16/2019 2:30:14 PM
Location:  Devore, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3453(SD40-2)
Views:  220   Comments: 1
UP 3459
Title:  UP 3459
Description:  The paint is still fresh on five month old UP 3459.
Photo Date:  9/30/1978  Upload Date: 7/16/2019 2:33:47 PM
Location:  Verdemont, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3459(SD40-2)
Views:  352   Comments: 1
UP 3141
Title:  UP 3141
Description:  UP 3141 West is crossing under I-15 and over Lytle Creek heading downhill toward Devore.
Photo Date:  12/29/1978  Upload Date: 6/13/2019 2:22:33 PM
Location:  Devore, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3141(SD40-2)
Views:  215   Comments: 2
UP 3141
Title:  UP 3141
Description:  UP 3141 is just about to the road crossing at Devore.
Photo Date:  12/29/1978  Upload Date: 6/13/2019 2:23:25 PM
Location:  Devore, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3141(SD40-2)
Views:  207   Comments: 2
UP 3165
Title:  UP 3165
Description:  UP 3165 was delivered in February 1972.
Photo Date:  10/14/1979  Upload Date: 6/16/2019 10:38:30 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3165(SD40-2)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
UP 3133
Title:  UP 3133
Description:  UP 3133 has been repainted at least once since being delivered in 1972.
Photo Date:  10/15/1979  Upload Date: 6/13/2019 2:19:47 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3133(SD40-2)
Views:  263   Comments: 1
UP 3545
Title:  UP 3545
Description:  UP 3545 was delivered in March 1979.
Photo Date:  10/15/1979  Upload Date: 7/22/2019 9:09:54 PM
Location:  Greeley, CO
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3545(SD40-2)
Views:  204   Comments: 1
UP 3613
Title:  UP 3613
Description:  Rear view of brand new UP 3613.
Photo Date:  10/15/1979  Upload Date: 7/24/2019 3:55:34 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3613(SD40-2)
Views:  162   Comments: 1
UP 3500
Title:  UP 3500
Description:  UP 3500 West rolls by the Santa Fe station board at Verdemont.
Photo Date:  11/11/1979  Upload Date: 7/20/2019 2:07:18 PM
Location:  Verdemont, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3500(SD40-2)
Views:  220   Comments: 1
UP 8051
Title:  UP 8051
Description:  UP 8051 was part of a group of units delivered in the 8000s and later renumbered to UP 3321.
Photo Date:  11/11/1979  Upload Date: 8/27/2019 7:28:02 PM
Location:  Cajon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 8051(SD40-2)
Views:  356   Comments: 1
UP 3547
Title:  UP 3547
Description:  Top view of a very oily UP 3547.
Photo Date:  12/27/1979  Upload Date: 7/22/2019 9:12:12 PM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3547(SD40-2)
Views:  226   Comments: 1
UP 3635
Title:  UP 3635
Description:  UP 3635 is not a SD45 but it is the second unit to carry this number on the UP.
Photo Date:  12/27/1979  Upload Date: 8/1/2019 2:39:19 PM
Location:  Cajon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3635(SD40-2)
Views:  130   Comments: 1
UP 3643
Title:  UP 3643
Description:  UP 3643 West is passing under I-10 and about to cross the Espee east/west main line.
Photo Date:  12/27/1979  Upload Date: 8/1/2019 2:40:14 PM
Location:  Colton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3643(SD40-2)
Views:  247   Comments: 1
UP 3128
Title:  UP 3128
Description:  UP 3128 heads west down Cajon Pass.
Photo Date:  3/15/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2019 2:17:50 PM
Location:  Cajon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3128(SD40-2)
Views:  333   Comments: 2
UP 3199
Title:  UP 3199
Description:  UP 3199 and three other units wait before taking empty coal hoppers east.
Photo Date:  3/15/1980  Upload Date: 6/18/2019 12:55:28 PM
Location:  San Bernardino, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3199(SD40-2)
Views:  213   Comments: 1
UP 3499
Title:  UP 3499
Description:  SD40-2s like UP 3499 were a very common sight on UP freights in the 1980s.
Photo Date:  3/15/1980  Upload Date: 7/20/2019 2:06:40 PM
Location:  San Bernardino, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3499(SD40-2)
Views:  188   Comments: 1
UP 3714
Title:  UP 3714
Description:  UP 3714 is less than two months old and has already made it to California.
Photo Date:  3/15/1980  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 1:26:34 PM
Location:  San Bernardino, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3714(SD40-2)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
UP 3526
Title:  UP 3526
Description:  Just another day in the life of UP 3526 East heading up Cajon Pass.
Photo Date:  5/17/1980  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 2:03:35 PM
Location:  Devore, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3526(SD40-2)
Views:  153   Comments: 1
UP 3539
Title:  UP 3539
Description:  Usually the Kaiser coal train is powered by SD45s but today UP 3539 is on the point as the train heads west. The eastbound Santa Fe train is having a hard time making it up the hill.
Photo Date:  5/17/1980  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:32:38 PM
Location:  Cajon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3539(SD40-2)
Views:  208   Comments: 1
UP 3539 and ATSF 3409
Title:  UP 3539 and ATSF 3409
Description:  While UP 3539 gets some braking help from a Santa Fe helper set which includes ATSF 3409, an eastbound UP van train has coupler to the rear of the Santa Fe train to help push it up to Summit. Just another day of sharing assets as the dispatchers do everything in their power to keep the traffic moving.
Photo Date:  5/17/1980  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:33:13 PM
Location:  Cajon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3539(SD40-2) ATSF 3409(GP35)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
UP 3707
Title:  UP 3707
Description:  UP 3707 is the last unit in this westbound consist.
Photo Date:  5/17/1980  Upload Date: 8/7/2019 6:30:56 PM
Location:  Devore, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3707(SD40-2)
Views:  126   Comments: 1
UP 8076
Title:  UP 8076
Description:  UP 8076 heads east with train of empties proving not every freight with 8000s was high priority.
Photo Date:  5/17/1980  Upload Date: 8/27/2019 7:30:14 PM
Location:  Devore, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8076(SD40-2)
Views:  200   Comments: 1
UP 3186
Title:  UP 3186
Description:  UP 3186 East races past the Park Hotel with a hot reefer block.
Photo Date:  7/13/1980  Upload Date: 6/18/2019 12:49:04 PM
Location:  Rock Springs, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3186(SD40-2)
Views:  231   Comments: 1
UP 3210
Title:  UP 3210
Description:  UP 3210 West has a couple of WP units heading back to home rails.
Photo Date:  7/13/1980  Upload Date: 6/20/2019 1:23:37 PM
Location:  Rock Springs, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3210(SD40-2)
Views:  243   Comments: 2
UP 3297
Title:  UP 3297
Description:  The rain is over as UP 3297 rolls through Rock Springs.
Photo Date:  7/13/1980  Upload Date: 7/5/2019 3:48:37 PM
Location:  Rock Springs, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3297(SD40-2)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
UP 3313
Title:  UP 3313
Description:  You can see the evidence of the recent renumbering of UP 8043 to UP 3313.
Photo Date:  7/13/1980  Upload Date: 7/5/2019 8:45:42 PM
Location:  Rock Springs, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3313(SD40-2)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
UP 3482
Title:  UP 3482
Description:  While never an 8000 series locomotive, UP 3482 is leading two other 8000 series SD40-2s with a hot pig train.
Photo Date:  7/13/1980  Upload Date: 7/20/2019 2:03:54 PM
Location:  Rock Springs, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3482(SD40-2)
Views:  133   Comments: 1
UP 3745
Title:  UP 3745
Description:  UP 3745 leads a loaded rail train past the Park Hotel.
Photo Date:  7/13/1980  Upload Date: 8/13/2019 5:50:26 PM
Location:  Rock Springs, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3745(SD40-2)
Views:  129   Comments: 1
UP 3745
Title:  UP 3745
Description:  UP 3745 shows how rail was moved in 1980.
Photo Date:  7/13/1980  Upload Date: 8/13/2019 5:51:01 PM
Location:  Rock Springs, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3745(SD40-2)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
UP 8088
Title:  UP 8088
Description:  UP 8088 lends a hand to Amtrak's eastbound San Francisco Zephyr.
Photo Date:  7/13/1980  Upload Date: 8/27/2019 7:31:30 PM
Location:  Rock Springs, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 8088(SD40-2)
Views:  180   Comments: 1
UP 8096
Title:  UP 8096
Description:  There was a time when the host railroad would add extra power to help Amtrak trains maintain schedule. UP 8096 is up front as the eastbound San Francisco Zephyr with a long summer train makes a station stop.
Photo Date:  7/13/1980  Upload Date: 8/27/2019 7:31:53 PM
Location:  Rock Springs, WY
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8096(SD40-2)
Views:  346   Comments: 1
UP 3468
Title:  UP 3468
Description:  UP 3468 was delivered in April 1978.
Photo Date:  8/15/1980  Upload Date: 7/20/2019 2:01:51 PM
Location:  Stockton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3468(SD40-2)
Views:  146   Comments: 1
UP 3745 and WP 913
Title:  UP 3745 and WP 913
Description:  UP 3745 rolls south past the engine facility as WP 913 is surrounded by SD40-2s from two roads.
Photo Date:  8/15/1980  Upload Date: 8/13/2019 5:51:44 PM
Location:  Stockton, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3745(SD40-2) WP 913(F7A)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
UP 3456
Title:  UP 3456
Description:  Seems like the best place to find UP SD40-2 was on the Espee...like UP 3456 heading north out of Klamath Falls.
Photo Date:  8/22/1980  Upload Date: 7/16/2019 2:33:07 PM
Location:  Klamath Falls, OR
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3456(SD40-2)
Views:  251   Comments: 1
UP 3312
Title:  UP 3312
Description:  UP 3312 was recently renumbered from UP 8042.
Photo Date:  8/23/1980  Upload Date: 7/5/2019 8:44:52 PM
Location:  Sacramento, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3312(SD40-2)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
UP 3282
Title:  UP 3282
Description:  UP 3282 West heads down Cajon Pass with a train of loaded Rio Grande hoppers.
Photo Date:  10/18/1980  Upload Date: 6/26/2019 6:54:27 PM
Location:  Cajon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3282(SD40-2)
Views:  211   Comments: 1
UP 3282
Title:  UP 3282
Description:  Two more units provide extra braking for UP 3282 West.
Photo Date:  10/18/1980  Upload Date: 6/26/2019 6:55:14 PM
Location:  Cajon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3282(SD40-2)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
UP 3526
Title:  UP 3526
Description:  With only two units up front this must be an empty grain train heading east with UP 3526 in the lead.
Photo Date:  10/18/1980  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 2:04:13 PM
Location:  Cajon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3526(SD40-2)
Views:  159   Comments: 1
UP 3526 and ATSF 5044
Title:  UP 3526 and ATSF 5044
Description:  But two units were not enough so a following Santa Fe train with SEVEN SD40-2s lends a hand to UP 3526 East.
Photo Date:  10/18/1980  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 2:05:03 PM
Location:  Cajon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3526(SD40-2) ATSF 5044(SD40-2)
Views:  295   Comments: 1
UP 3761
Title:  UP 3761
Description:  Maybe UP 3761 has the right slogan for a coal train.
Photo Date:  10/18/1980  Upload Date: 8/18/2019 2:29:17 PM
Location:  Cajon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3761(SD40-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 1
UP 3524
Title:  UP 3524
Description:  UP 3524 is coupled to a former Rock Island coal hopper.
Photo Date:  11/15/1980  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 2:02:58 PM
Location:  Summit, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3524(SD40-2)
Views:  207   Comments: 1
UP 3714
Title:  UP 3714
Description:  UP 3714 heads east with a train of empty hoppers.
Photo Date:  11/15/1980  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 1:27:13 PM
Location:  Summit, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3714(SD40-2)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
UP 3288
Title:  UP 3288
Description:  UP 3288 is the first unit of a 17 unit order delivered in Morch/April 1975.
Photo Date:  12/26/1980  Upload Date: 6/30/2019 2:31:14 PM
Location:  Devore, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3288(SD40-2)
Views:  273   Comments: 2
UP 3288
Title:  UP 3288
Description:  UP 3288 is in fresh paint after only five years on the roster.
Photo Date:  12/26/1980  Upload Date: 6/30/2019 2:31:53 PM
Location:  Devore, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3288(SD40-2)
Views:  331   Comments: 2
UP 3455 and AMTK 289
Title:  UP 3455 and AMTK 289
Description:  UP 3455 East passes Amtrak train #35, the Desert Wind, with F40PHR AMTK 289 on the point.
Photo Date:  12/26/1980  Upload Date: 7/16/2019 2:32:24 PM
Location:  San Bernardino, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3455(SD40-2) AMTK 289(F40PHR)
Views:  343   Comments: 1
UP 3624
Title:  UP 3624
Description:  UP 3624 is in charge loaded grain train passing through Blue Cut.
Photo Date:  12/26/1980  Upload Date: 7/24/2019 3:56:31 PM
Location:  Cajon, CA
Author:  Ron Hawkins
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3624(SD40-2)
Views:  140   Comments: 1

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