Union Pacific Railroad
Roster of Diesel and Turbine Locomotives, 1934-2009
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EMD/SP SD45T-2 -- 59 units
3600/3200 horsepower; C-C trucks; 410,000 pounds operating weight
| Road Number |
Previous Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Rebuild Date |
Rebuilt From |
Date To UP Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| (4929) | SP 6813 | Sep 1973 | 73621-5 | Jun 1987 | SP 9306 | 7 Feb 2001 | ||
| (4930) | SP 6793 | Mar 1972 | 7336-38 | Jan 1987 | SP 9203 | 17 Jan 2001 | ||
| (4931) | SP 6795 | May 1972 | 72601-13 | Jan 1987 | SP 9221 | 29 Nov 2000 | ||
| (4932) | SP 6796 | Jun 1972 | 72601-39 | Jan 1987 | SP 9247 | 18 May 1999 | ||
| (4933) | SP 6798 | Feb 1972 | 7336-7 | Feb 1987 | SP 9172 | 30 Jul 1999 | ||
| (4934) | SP 6799 | Feb 1987 | 7348-9 | Feb 1987 | SSW 9165 | 29 Nov 2000 | ||
| (4935) | SP 6800 | May 1972 | 72601-20 | Mar 1987 | SP 9228 | 17 Mar 2000 | ||
| (4936) | SP 6805 | Jul 1972 | 7348-3 | Apr 1987 | SSW 9159 | 18 May 1999 | ||
| (4937) | SP 6807 | May 1972 | 72601-25 | Apr 1987 | SP 9233 | 30 Jul 1999 | 1 | |
| (4938) | SP 6810 | Feb 1973 | 72625-19 | May 1987 | SSW 9279 | 31 Jul 2001 | ||
| (4939) | SP 6811 | Mar 1973 | 72625-32 | Jun 1987 | SSW 9292 | 29 Oct 1999 | ||
| (4940) | SP 6812 | Sep 1973 | 73621-3 | Jun 1987 | SP 9304 | 18 May 1999 | ||
| (4941) | SP 6815 | Feb 1972 | 7336-18 | Jul 1987 | SP 9183 | 28 Nov 2001 | ||
| (4942) | SP 6819 | Mar 1972 | 7336-28 | Aug 1987 | SP 9193 | 12 Jul 2001 | 2 | |
| (4943) | SP 6822 | Jan 1974 | 73630-22 | Sep 1987 | SP 9336 | 29 Oct 1999 | ||
| (4944) | SP 6824 | Mar 1973 | 72625-37 | Oct 1987 | SSW 9297 | 29 Jan 1999 | ||
| 4945 | SP 6826 | May 1972 | 72601-16 | Nov 1987 | SP 9224 | 7 Jan 1999 | 18 Aug 1998 | 3 |
| (4946) | SP 6827 | Mar 1973 | 72625-41 | Nov 1987 | SSW 9301 | 18 May 1999 | 4 | |
| (4947) | SP 6797 | Mar 1972 | 7336-37 | Feb 1987 | SP 9202 | 19 Dec 2000 | ||
| (4948) | SP 6801 | Feb 1972 | 7336-14 | Mar 1987 | SP 9179 | 25 Feb 2000 | ||
| (4949) | SP 6802 | Jun 1972 | 72601-38 | Mar 1987 | SP 9246 | 18 May 1999 | ||
| (4950) | SP 6803 | Feb 1972 | 7336-5 | Mar 1987 | SP 9170 | 19 Dec 2000 | ||
| (4951) | SP 6804 | May 1972 | 72601-15 | Mar 1987 | SP 9223 | 30 Jul 1999 | ||
| (4952) | SP 6806 | Apr 1972 | 72601-9 | Apr 1987 | SP 9217 | 26 Jan 2000 | ||
| (4953) | SP 6808 | May 1972 | 72601-27 | May 1987 | SP 9235 | 29 Mar 2001 | ||
| (4954) | SP 6809 | Feb 1972 | 7336-2 | May 1987 | SP 9167 | 29 Oct 1999 | ||
| (4955) | SP 6814 | Sep 1973 | 73621-11 | Jul 1987 | SP 9312 | 18 May 1999 | ||
| (4956) | SP 6816 | Feb 1973 | 72625-9 | Jul 1987 | SSW 9269 | 18 May 1999 | 5 | |
| (4957) | SP 6817 | May 1972 | 72601-33 | Aug 1987 | SP 9241 | 31 Aug 1999 | 6 | |
| (4958) | SP 6818 | May 1972 | 72601-32 | Aug 1987 | SP 9240 | 18 May 1999 | ||
| (4959) | SP 6820 | Jun 1987 | 72601-41 | Sep 1987 | SP 9249 | 18 May 1999 | ||
| (4960) | SP 6821 | Jan 1974 | 73630-7 | Sep 1987 | SP 9321 | 15 May 2000 | ||
| (4961) | SP 6823 | Mar 1973 | 72625-25 | Oct 1987 | SSW 9285 | 29 Jan 2001 | ||
| (4962) | SP 6825 | May 1972 | 72601-21 | Oct 1987 | SP 9229 | 28 Feb 1999 | 7 | |
| (4963) | SP 6828 | Feb 1973 | 72625-11 | Dec 1987 | SSW 9271 | 28 Dec 1999 | ||
| (4964) | SSW 6870 | Jan 1974 | 73630-25 | Apr 1989 | SP 9339 | 12 Oct 2000 | ||
| 4965 | SSW 6871 | Feb 1975 | 73674-20 | Apr 1989 | SP 9363 | 22 Jan 1999 | 29 Aug 2002 | 8 |
| (4966) | SSW 6872 | Feb 1974 | 73630-17 | Apr 1989 | SP 9331 | 21 May 1999 | ||
| (4967) | SSW 6873 | Feb 1974 | 73630-18 | Apr 1989 | SP 9332 | 31 Oct 2000 | ||
| (4968) | SSW 6874 | Jan 1974 | 73630-8 | Apr 1989 | SP 9322 | 27 Apr 2001 | ||
| (4969) | SSW 6875 | Jan 1974 | 73630-10 | Feb 1989 | SP 9324 | 31 Aug 1999 | ||
| (4970) | SSW 6876 | Jan 1974 | 73630-27 | Mar 1989 | SP 9341 | 29 Oct 1999 | ||
| (4971) | SSW 6879 | Mar 1972 | 7336-25 | Jun 1989 | SP 9190 | 21 May 1999 | ||
| 4972 | SSW 6881 | Mar 1972 | 7336-33 | Jul 1989 | SP 9198 | 23 Nov 1998 | 21 Dec 2001 | 9 |
| (4973) | SSW 6884 | Apr 1972 | 72601-3 | Aug 1989 | SP 9211 | 21 May 1999 | ||
| (4974) | SSW 6885 | Feb 1973 | 72625-12 | Sep 1989 | SSW 9272 | 25 Feb 2000 | ||
| (4975) | SSW 6886 | Jan 1975 | 73696-20 | Sep 1989 | SSW 9390 | 28 Dec 2000 | ||
| (4976) | SSW 6889 | Feb 1973 | 72625-7 | Nov 1989 | SSW 9267 | 21 May 1999 | ||
| (4977) | SSW 6891 | Mar 1972 | 7336-43 | Dec 1989 | SP 9208 | 31 Jul 2001 | ||
| (4978) | SSW 6869 | Jan 1975 | 73674-13 | Apr 1989 | SP 9356 | 21 May 1999 | ||
| (4979) | SSW 6877 | Apr 1975 | 74696-12 | May 1989 | SSW 9382 | 28 Dec 2000 | 10 | |
| (4980) | SSW 6878 | Apr 1972 | 72601-14 | May 1989 | SP 9222 | 23 May 2001 | ||
| (4981) | SSW 6880 | Jun 1975 | 74696-24 | Jun 1989 | SSW 9394 | 31 Aug 1999 | ||
| (4982) | SSW 6882 | Mar 1973 | 72625-33 | Jul 1989 | SSW 9293 | 16 Sep 2001 | ||
| (4983) | SSW 6883 | Feb 1972 | 7336-20 | Aug 1989 | SP 9185 | 30 Jul 1999 | ||
| (4984) | SSW 6887 | Apr 1975 | 73621-4 | Oct 1989 | SP 9305 | 30 Jul 1999 | 11 | |
| (4985) (2nd) | SSW 6888 | Jul 1972 | 7348-8 | Oct 1989 | SSW 9164 | 28 Dec 1999 | 12 | |
| (4986) | SSW 6890 | Feb 1973 | 72625-17 | Nov 1989 | SSW 9277 | 27 May 1999 |
General Notes:
- Total of 59 SP/SSW units went to UP at merger, numbered SP 6793-6828 and SSW 6869-6891.
- Rebuilt by SP to SD45T-2Rs at Sacramento in 1988 and 1989.
- SP 6794 was retired by UP on 16 May 1997; originally assigned UP number 4801 in the UP 4800-4897 group; retired prior to assignment of later UP 4794-4831 and 4929-4986 groups.
- A previous group of 26 SD45T-2Rs, SP 6767-6792, was rebuilt from April 1986 through October 1988; these 26 units were returned to the owner/lessor, Helm Financial, in August through October 1995 prior to the UP merger; several have been sold by Helm to VMV Enterprises of Paducah, Kentucky, and others are in service as part of Helm's national lease fleet.
- UP 4972 (ex SP 6881) was the first of this group to be repainted to Union Pacific, completed on 23 November 1998.
- Assigned UP 4800-4897 in March 1997, no units renumbered, one unit (SP 6794) retired; assigned UP 4929-4986 and UP 4999 in September 1997, three units renumbered prior to retirement of the entire group.
Notes:
| 1. | SP 6807 (assigned UP 4937) was first retired on 30 July 1999; then reinstated on 16 August 1999. |
| 2. | SP 6819 (assigned UP 4942, and built as SP 9193) was donated to California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California, in February 2002 as an example of SP's landmark SD45T-2 locomotive. |
| 3. | UP 4945 (as SP 6826) was sold to Locomotive Leasing Partners on 18 August 1998; rebuilt by VMV Enterprises with a 16-cylinder, 3000-horsepower engine (retaining its original SD45T-2 carbody), completed as UP 4985 (1st) on 11 January 1999; road number corrected to UP 4945 at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on 14 January 1999; UP's model designation is SD40-2T; renumbered to UP 2865 on 26 April 2002, along with 39 other former SD45T-2s (UP 4794-4831, 4923) that were rebuilt to SD40-2Ts numbered as UP 2826-2865. |
| 4. | SP 6827 (assigned UP 4946) was sold to Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, on 30 September 1999; rebuilt to an SD40TM-3, completed as Bessemer & Lake Erie 908 on (?). |
| 5. | SP 6816 (assigned UP 4956) was sold to Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, on 30 September 1999; rebuilt to an SD40TM-3, completed as Bessemer & Lake Erie 904 on 14 December 1999. |
| 6 | SP 6817 (assigned UP 4957) was first retired on 19 May 1997; then reinstated on 25 August 1997. |
| 7. | SP 6825 (assigned UP 4962) was sold to Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, on 30 September 1999. |
| 8. | UP 4965 (ex SSW 6871) was retired on 20 August 2002, but was still on property a year later to be renumbered to UP 9965 on 3 July 2003 to avoid conflict with new SD70M 4965, delivered on the same day. |
| 9. | UP 4972 was renumbered to a temporary WP number, as WP 4972, on 1 July 2002 to clear the 4972 number for use by a new SD70M, delivered in early July 2002. |
| 10. | SSW 6877 (assigned UP 4979) was listed as for sale in May 2002; sold to Larrys Truck Electric (in July 2004?); moved to LTE's facility in McDonald, Ohio, in November 2004; scrapped by LTE in May 2007. (information from Frank Vollhardt and Jeff T.) |
| 11. | SP 6887 (assigned UP 4984) was sold to Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, on 30 September 1999; rebuilt to an SD40TM-3, completed as Bessemer & Lake Erie 907 on (?). |
| 12. | UP 4985 (2nd) is ex SSW 6888. UP 4985 (1st) (see Note 3, above) was renumbered by mistake from SP 6826; then corrected to UP 4945. |
EMD SD45T-2 -- 12 units
3600 horsepower; C-C trucks; 410,000 pounds operating weight
| Road Number |
First Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| (4987) | SSW 9289 | Feb 1973 | 72625-29 | 30 Apr 1999 | 1 |
| (4988) | SSW 9393 | Jun 1975 | 74696-23 | 15 May 2000 | |
| (4989) | SSW 9372 | Mar 1975 | 74696-2 | 25 Feb 2000 | |
| (4990) | SP 9366 | Feb 1975 | 73674-23 | 21 Nov 2000 | |
| (4991) | SSW 9276 | Feb 1973 | 72625-16 | 7 Feb 2001 | |
| (4992) | SP 9346 | Jan 1975 | 73674-3 | 29 Oct 1999 | |
| (4993) | SP 9358 | Jan 1975 | 73674-15 | 7 Feb 2001 | |
| (4994) | SSW 9396 | Jun 1975 | 74696-26 | 18 Apr 2000 | |
| (4995) | SP 9365 | Feb 1975 | 73674-22 | 25 Feb 2000 | |
| (4996) | SP 9368 | Feb 1975 | 73674-25 | 23 May 2001 | |
| (4997) | SP 9349 | Jan 1975 | 73674-6 | 22 Aug 2001 | |
| (4998) | SSW 9404 | Jun 1975 | 74696-34 | 25 Feb 2000 |
General Notes:
- Total of 12 SP/SSW units went to UP at merger.
Notes:
| 1. | SSW 9289 (assigned UP 4987) was sold to Boise Locomotive Co., Boise, Idaho, on 30 September 1999; rebuilt to an SD40TM-3, completed as Bessemer & Lake Erie 900 on 24 November 1999. |
EMD/SP SD45T-2 -- 1 unit
3200 horsepower; C-C trucks; 410,000 pounds operating weight
| Road Number |
First Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Rebuild Date |
Rebuilt From |
Date Retired |
| (4999) | SSW 6892 | Apr 1972 | 72601-11 | Dec 1989 | SP 9219 | 28 Dec 1999 |
General Notes:
- Built as SP 9219 in 1972, and rebuilt to 3200 horsepower in 1989 by SP at Sacramento.
- SP's model designation for its rebuilt SD45T-2s was SD45T-2R.
- Assigned UP 4999 in September 1997; not renumbered prior to being retired.
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