Union pacific annually replaces between 3 million and 4 million railroad ties. Union pacific railroad company photographic roster. The union pacific railroad reporting mark up or union pacific railroad company and simply union pacific is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 routemiles in 23 states west of chicago and new orleans. Hello my name is ed dickens head of the union pacific steam program and were really excited about the work that were doing here in the same shop we are restoring the worlds largest steam locomotive big boy you could 40 14 we invite you to join our official up steam club where you can go to up dot com forward slash steam club to sign up or youll receive exclusive members only videos and. The union pacific railroad, legally union pacific railroad company and simply union pacific, is a freighthauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32200mile routes in 23 u. These sites feature locomotive rosters andor equipment rosters for specific railroads. Trains magazine offers railroad news, railroad industry insight, commentary on todays freight railroads, passenger service amtrak, locomotive technology, railroad preservation and history, railfan opportunities tourist railroads, fan trips, and great railroad photography. Sold 1997 to mid america equipment company, mesa, arizona. Unp, headquartered in omaha, nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the united states. Now a new system is doubling the number of railroad ties that can be disposed of per day, to nearly 5,000. Trains subscribers can download a pdf version of this roster data directly to your computer. Union pacific railway company project gutenberg self.
Guide to the brotherhood of railroad trainmen records. The governor stanford was the central pacific railroads first locomotive. Lionels new sd45s bring all of the distinctive details of these massive locomotives to your roster with new tooling to capture unique road name specific details. Union pacific railroad company rules and regulations of the transportation department. Customers included the union pacific railroad, which acquired. The union pacific railroad network is the largest in the united states and is serviced by 45,700 employees. Union pacific railroad join the union pacific steam club.
Index page for the roster of union pacific diesel locomotives, 19342009. Two of these views may be seen on the librarys website. One last and final video of union pacifics big boy 4014. Uprr steam locomotive roster by class and number compiled from union pacific steam roster by gordon sandy mccullough. The challenger locomotives w m kratville kratville publications. Each was powered by two 2,500 hp 1,860 kw diesel engines. The union pacific railroad museum, where one would expect to find a number of views, has but a single original image. Railroad ties are literally the foundation on which railroads are built.
Produced from 1941 to 1944 by the american locomotive company of schenectady, n. Up 1, blt 858, retired 868, to ge 269, 8500 gtel, 33215, 3. The western pacific railroad was not the largest of the western classone railroads. Media in category union pacific railroad diesel locomotives the following 48 files are in this category, out of 48 total. The u50 was built in response to the union pacific railroads requirement, issued in the early 1960s, for a 15,000 hp 11,200 kw 3unit locomotive intended to. Although diesel locomotives first came to american railroads in the 1920s, their use was confined to switch engines, and later to passenger train locomotives. When the central pacific cp and union pacific met on may 10, 1869 at promontory summit, utah the west was opened to new means of economic development and settlement, enabling travelers to take cross. Union pacific railroad by brian solomon is a good detailed look at the operations, history and locomotives of the union pacific railroad. The largest public holdings, consisting of about a dozen views, are at the denver public library. This book is a comprehensive union pacific steam locomotive roster with 81 pages of.
The railroads primary customers are the three plants of the uss mon valley works, the uss edgar thomson steel works blast furnaces, basic. Union pacific railroad project gutenberg selfpublishing. The unit was released from the north little rock shops on february 27, 1991, touring the up system and all 19 states the railroad then served. The union pacific railroad reporting mark up is a class i line haul freight railroad that operates 8,400 locomotives over 31,390 routemiles in 23 states west of chicago, illinois and new orleans, louisiana. Steam roster for the union pacific system gordon mcculloh published by smokerise publications 1988. The national park services replica of the union pacifics famous locomotive no. Trains magazine offers railroad news, railroad industry insight, commentary on todays freight railroads, passenger service amtrak, locomotive technology. Rail barons, train palaces, and great locomotives true. Pacific switchers and slugs, published by withers publishing co. Forty were built between november 1969 and november 1971 solely for union pacific, which numbered them 5000 to 5039. A working list of books and booklets on the southern pacific and related subsidiaries compiled by peter j. Mccloud river railroad company, mccloud river lumber. This was one of the last up trains to leave cotter. Coin collecting free delivery possible on eligible purchases.
The union pacific railroad reporting mark up is a class i line haul freight railroad that operates nearly 9,000 locomotives over 32,000 routemiles in 23 states west of chicago, illinois and new orleans, louisiana. Diesel locomotive roster an index page for the union pacific diesel. November 12, 2019 union pacifics big boy 4014 puts out a huge plume of steam in the cold november air as it departs hope, arkansas and heads north on the up little rock subdivision on its way to prescott, ar where it will tie down for the night. A page of railroad books and manuals in gallery and pdf format on.
Union pacifics historic steam locomotives big boy no. The vaunted southern pacific name carries a complex history although its immediate heritage can be traced back to the transcontinental railroads completion. The journal of the railway and locomotive historical society, railroad history usually contains one complete roster the ones that ive seen are all steam locomotive rosters in almost every issue. Not all company phone numbers and email addresses are listed in this section. The union pacific railroad legally union pacific railroad company and simply union pacific, is a freighthauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives. A union pacific railroad folio diagram book as of september 23, 1911, illustrated 700class locomotives as having had diamond stacks replaced with shotgun stacks, but whether this change occurred before the union pacific sold locomotive no. This book is a comprehensive union pacific steam locomotive roster with 81 pages of lists and several plates of steam locomotive and tender diagrams. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroads completion.
Union pacific train company ge locomotive railroad u. Media in category union pacific railroad steam locomotives the following 37 files are in this category, out of 37 total. Sacramento locomotive works sacramento, california. Union pacific railroad gp382 2294 with north little rock style lettering at cotter, arkansas on december 11, 1992, kodachrome by chuck zeiler. Association of colored railway trainmen and locomotive firemen atchison, topeka, and santa fe railway company. It wasnt formed until 1906, with completion in 1909. Mail can be sent to any employee co the postal address. Smokerise publications, 1988, 1990 a quick rundown by class and number are as follows. Specific department contact list links are included. Up union pacific railroad company locomotive roster. My picks by date by photo album by location by map by railroad by locomotive model. The union pacific railroad network is the largest in the united states and is serviced by more than 50,000 employees. Stanleys big 7 railway employees year book 1952 seniority roster railroad. Union pacific locomotive roster union pacific emd sd70ah no.
The union pacific railroad system is the second largest in the united states after bnsf railway and it is one of the worlds largest transportation companies. Next to the california state railroad museum in sacramento is a large, somewhat tiredlooking complex which proudly bears the label sacramento locomotive works, and which hides a veritable. The system was operated by various companies under the names southern pacific railroad, southern pacific company and southern pacific transportation company. Union pacific has more than 44,000 employees and operates more than 8,000 locomotives on 31,900 miles 51,338 km of track across 23 states in the central and western united states, west of chicago and new orleans. This allowed up to number locomotives into its roster without spending the time and money necessary to perform a complete repaint. Union pacific brings 21st century technologies to life with positive train.
The union pacific railroad is the principal operating company of the union pacific corporation, both headquartered in omaha, nebraska. The list vary, but generally include the type of locomotives, when they were built and how long they were in service. Here are some of the rosters that weve researched for this site. The ge u50c was a 5,000 hp 3,700 kw dieselelectric locomotive built by ge transportation systems. One of the many areas of research in prototype railroad history is that of locomotive rosters. Rail barons, train palaces, and great locomotives celebrate the glory of western. Union pacific railroad wikipedia republished wiki 2. The union pacific railroad system is the second largest in the united states after bnsf and is one of the worlds largest transportation companies. The southern pacific reporting mark sp or espee from the railroad initials sp was an american class i railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated in the western united states. All time locomotive roster underlined numbers indicate a link to a page of pictures of that locomotive. The president of union pacific since 2015 is lance fritz.
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