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UP 6936, the sole operating unit, was owned by Union Pacific and was used in excursion service until 2016. In 2022, this locomotive was donated by Union Pacific to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America, which returned the locomotive to operation. [11] 6936 was operated by the museum for the first time in August 2023. [12]
Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References 19483 Southern Pacific 3194 May 1954 GP9R Texas and New Orleans Railroad; Southern Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; March 26, 1997 Operational at the Golden Gate Railroad Museum in Schellville, California [20] 20710 Pennsylvania Railroad 7006
Most powerful (continuous) single-frame locomotive in Europe. Union Pacific 9000 class: Union Pacific: 9000-9087 American Locomotive Company: 1926-1930 Steam 4-12-2: 355 tonnes (391 short tons) 97,664 pounds-force (434 kN) 4,750 horsepower (3,542 kW) — Union Pacific Coal GTELs: Union Pacific: 80 (later 8080) Union Pacific Omaha Shops 1961
Union Pacific 9000 American Locomotive Company: 4-12-2, 9000 Class: 3/1926 Built as the first of the 9000 class in Dunkirk as Union Pacific #9000, with the cost of construction shared between the UP and ALCO. [6] [7] Retired in May 1956 and donated to the museum. [8] Union Pacific 3105 Electro Motive Diesel: SD40-2C: 6/1979 Built as Missouri ...
Extreme Trains is a television program on the History Channel that describes the daily operations of railroads in the United States, from coal trains to passenger trains and famous routes. It is hosted by Matt Bown, a train conductor for Pan Am Railways in Maine , whose interest is railways and the technology of them.
The Union Pacific Railroad's M-10003, M-10004, M-10005, and M-10006 were four identical streamlined 2-car power car diesel-electric train sets delivered in May, June, and July 1936 from Pullman-Standard, with prime movers from the Winton Engine Corporation of General Motors and General Electric generators, control equipment and traction motors.
The ALCO Century 855 was a model of 5,500 hp (4,101 kW) diesel-electric locomotive built in 1964 by the American Locomotive Company for the Union Pacific.The locomotive was notable for being ALCO's most powerful diesel-electric locomotive and, at the time, the most powerful diesel locomotive ever built, [1] being surpassed by the 6,600-horsepower (4,922-kilowatt) EMD DDA40X in April 1969.
GE diagram of a turbine locomotive. Union Pacific operated the largest fleet of gas turbine–electric locomotives (GTELs) of any railroad in the world. The prototype, UP 50, was the first in a series built by General Electric for Union Pacific's long-haul cargo services and marketed by the Alco-GE partnership until 1953. The prototype was ...