GE 44 ton — 1 unit
380 horsepower; B-B trucks; 88,600 pounds operating weight
|
Road Number |
First Number |
Second Number |
Third Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| UPMW 903999 | GE 1399 | UP 1399 | UPMW 03999 | Feb 1947 | 28344 | Jun 1974 | 1 |
General Note:
| a. | UPMW 903999 was built new as GE demonstrator 1399, delivered to Union Pacific on 28 March 1947; sold to UP on 8 May 1947. UP 1399 renumbered to UPMW 03999 in October 1956; renumbered to UPMW 903999 in December 1959; used at maintenance of way equipment shop at Pocatello, Idaho, from October 1956 until 1972; sent to Omaha for a complete rebuild in late 1972, completed in February 1973; used as Omaha shop switcher until retirement in 1974. |
Note:
| 1. | Sold to Diesel Supply Co., in June 1974; sold to General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut in August 1974, named "Diane"; donated to Danbury Railroad Museum, Danbury, Connecticut in about July 2006 (photo) |
GE 44 ton — 1 unit
380 horsepower; B-B trucks; 88,600 pounds operating weight
|
Road Number |
First Number |
Second Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Notes |
| UPMW 03999 | GE 1399 | UP 1399 | Feb 1947 | 28344 | Renumbered to UPMW 903999 in December 1959. |
General Note:
Baldwin-Westinghouse 50 ton Electric — 1 unit
400 horsepower; B-B trucks; 95,000 pounds operating weight
|
Road Number |
First Number |
Date To UP |
Builder |
Date Built |
Builder Number |
Notes |
| LA&SL E-100 | G&M 22 | May 1931 | Baldwin-Westinghouse | Aug 1923 | 56397 | 1 |
General Notes:
| a. | LA&SL E-100 was built new as Glendale & Montrose Railway 22 in 1923; G&M abandoned on December 30, 1930; locomotive sold to LA&SL in May 1931, numbered as E-100, for use on former G&M tracks between Delay Drive Siding and Glendale |
| b. | Electric service over former G&M tracks discontinued in 1940; the Glendale Branch was dieselized in July 1942 in one of the earliest uses of diesel switch locomotives on UP in California; LA&SL E-100 was sold UP subsidiary Yakima Valley Transportation Company |
| c. | LA&SL E-100 was equipped with 36-inch wheels; 60:17 gear ratio, and four Westinghouse Model 562-D5, 100 horsepower traction motors |
| d. | LA&SL E-100 was Baldwin-Westinghouse Class B-1 |
| e. | LA&SL E-100 had Baldwin-Westinghouse order number 23577 |
| f. | Reference: Signor, John. The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company, Union Pacific's Historic Salt Lake Route, pages 107, 114 |
Notes:
PE-Built 35 ton Electric — 1 unit
300 horsepower; B-B trucks; 70,000 pounds operating weight
| Road Number |
Previous Number |
Date To UP |
Builder | Date Built |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
| (LA&SL E-101) | G&M 21 | May 1931 | Pacific Electric, Los Angeles | 1903 | Sep 1936 | 1 |
General Notes:
| a. | LA&SL E-101 was built as unmotored Pacific Electric flat car 3072; rebuilt in 1903 by Pacific Electric shops to motorized work motor 38; renumbered PE 1537 in 1911; sold Mar 1916 to Glendale & Montrose 21 in March 1916; changed by G&M from work flat to enclosed box motor |
| b. | UP purchased G&M (and both locomotives) in May 1931 after G&M was abandoned on December 30, 1930; locomotive assigned LA&SL E-101 but not renumbered; seldom used; by 1934 the locomotive was boarded up and out of service, stored in the former G&M yard in Glendale, California |
| c. | LA&SL E-101 was equipped with 33-inch wheels and four Westinghouse Model 76, 75-horsepower traction motors |
| d. | Locomotive history: |
| Road Number |
First Number |
Second Number |
Third Number |
Fourth Number |
|
| (LA&SL E-101) | PE 3072 | PE 38 | PE 1537 | G&M 21 |
Notes:
Maintenance of Way Locomotives — 9 units (narrow gauge)
Two-axle,
four-wheel
|
Road Number |
First Number |
Type | Weight | Builder |
Builder Model |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| UP-1 | G-M | 12 ton | Vulcan | Dec 1922 | 3273 | 1950 | 1 | ||
| UP-2 | G-M | 12 ton | Vulcan | Dec 1922 | 3274 | 1936 | 2 | ||
| UP-3 | G-M | 12 ton | Whitcomb | WHL | May 1929 | 12889 | 1950 | 3 | |
| UP-4 | D-M | 12 ton | Davenport | D-12 | May 1931 | 2190 | 1938 | 4 | |
| UP-5 | G-M | 20 ton | Whitcomb | 20GM-4 | Oct 1936 | 13150 | 5 | ||
| MW-1 | MW-6 | D-M | 25 ton | Whitcomb | 25DM-42A | Jun 1950 | 40693 | 6 | |
| MW-2 | MW-8 | D-E | 25 ton | GE | Jun 1967 | 35916 | 7 | ||
| MW-3 | UP-5 | G-M | 20 ton | Whitcomb | 20GM-4 | Oct 1936 | 13150 | 1968 | 8 |
| MW-4 | D-M | 24 ton | Whitcomb | 20GM-9 | Oct 1937 | 13162 | 9 | ||
| MW-6 | D-M | 25 ton | Whitcomb | 25DM-42A | Jun 1950 | 40693 | 10 | ||
| MW-7 | D-M | 25 ton | Whitcomb | 25DM-42A | Jun 1950 | 40694 | 11 | ||
| MW-8 | D-E | 25 ton | GE | Jun 1967 | 35916 | 12 |
General Notes:
| a. | G-M denotes Gas-Mechanical; D-M denotes Diesel-Mechanical; D-E denotes Diesel-Electric. |
| b. | Union Pacific used the term Roadway Service for all of its maintenance of way equipment and activities. |
| c. | UP-1 to UP-5 and MW-1 to MW-8 were 29-1/2 inch gauge and were used at UP's tie plants in Laramie, Wyoming and The Dalles, Oregon. |
Notes:
Maintenance of Way Locomotive — 1 unit
Two-axle,
four-wheel
| Road Number |
Previous Number |
Date To UP |
Type | Weight | Builder | Builder Model |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| (no number) | Boeing B-30 | Nov 1971 | D-M | 30 ton | Whitcomb | 30DM35A | Sep 1944 | 40288 | 24 Feb 1978 | 1 |
General Notes:
| a. | G-M denotes Gas-Mechanical |
| b. | Union Pacific used the term Roadway Service for all of its maintenance of way equipment and activities. |
Notes:
| 1. | (No MW Number) 140 horsepower; purchased second-hand from Boeing Aircraft Company in 1971; used briefly as shop switcher at North Platte; transferred to Roadway equipment shop in Pocatello, Idaho; removed from service in 1976; retired on 24 February 1978 and sold. |
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