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Ogden Union Station

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This page was last updated on May 24, 2011.

Additional Information

Steam

Road
Number		 Builder
Model		 Builder
Date		 Builder
Number		 Date To
Ogden		 Date From
Ogden		 Notes
D&RGW 223 Grant 2-8-0 (three-feet gauge) 1881 Grant 1436 1992   1
UP 833 Alco 4-8-4 Oct 1939 Alco 69174 1999   2
SP 1297 Baldwin 0-6-0 Jan 1921 Baldwin 54392 1993 Jul 2002 3
UP 4436 Baldwin 0-6-0 Mar 1918 Baldwin 48200 1993   4

Notes:

1. D&RGW 223 was leased to Salt Lake City, Utah, in December 1941 and displayed in Salt Lake City's Liberty Park until March 1980; ownership transferred to State of Utah and moved to former D&RGW/WP Salt Lake City union station; displayed there until 1992; moved to Ogden Union Station. (photo at Salt Lake City depot in June 1981)
2. UP 833 was retired by UP in January 1962; held for historic purposes at Cheyenne, Wyoming until donated to Salt Lake City, Utah in August 1972; moved for display to Salt Lake City's Pioneer Park on October 24, 1972, with the formal donation ceremony taking place on October 25, 1972; moved to Ogden Union Station in February 1999. (Deseret News, October 24, 1972, with a photo of UP 833 on 400 West; Union Pacific INFO, December 1972, page 13, with photos of the donation ceremony)
3. SP 1297 was built as Texas & New Orleans Railroad 146; renumbered to SP 1297 (2nd) on June 10, 1952; retired by SP at Bayshore, California on October 2, 1957; donated to City of Ogden, Utah, on September 30, 1958; displayed with UP 0-6-0 4436 at Affleck Park; moved to Ogden Union Station in 1993; sold in July 2002 to Bollack Electromechanical Museum, Farmington, New Mexico after being declared surplus in Ogden; moved from Ogden on July 10, 2002, arriving in Farmington on July 12. (2002 update from Trains magazine, October 2002, page 83)
4.

UP 4436 worked in Nebraska until the WW II era when it was moved to the Portland, Oregon area; converted to an oil burner at about the same time, including a change of tenders from its original slope-back design, to a small "Vanderbuilt" style; moved to Evanston, Wyoming after 1947; still there as late as October 1957 (likely the last steam locomotive assigned to Evanston); retired by UP in February 1958; donated to City of Ogden, Utah in September 1958; displayed with SP 0-6-0 1297 at Affleck Park; moved to Ogden Union Station in 1993.

Diesel

Road
Number		 Builder
Model		 Builder
Date		 Builder
Number		 Date To
Ogden		 Notes
UP 26/26B GE GTE 8500 Feb 1961 GE 34085/34086 Jul 1987 1
Utah 401 Alco RSD-15 Jul 1959 Alco 83482   2
USA 1216 D-B 44 ton Jun 1953 D-B 3364   3
UC 1236 GE 44 Ton Jan 1953 GE 31874 1990 4
USAF 1237 GE 44 Ton Jan 1953 GE 31875 1990 5
USA 1258 BLH RS4TC Oct 1953 BLH 61213 aft 1991 6
USAF 1607 GE 44 Ton Mar 1953 GE 31817 1990 7
SP 3769 EMD GP9 Jan 1957 EMD 22922 Jul 1987 8
Cargill 6751 EMD SW-1 Sep 1940 EMD 1111 Apr 2011 9
UP 6916 EMD DDA40X Nov 1969 EMD 34542 Oct 1985 10
USAF 7277 Alco S-1 May 1941 Alco 69469 1990 11
SP 7457 EMD/SP SD45R Aug 1966 EMD 31991 Feb 2002 12

General Notes:

a. Four USAF units were donated to Ogden Union Station late 1990; included were USAF 1236, 1237, 1607, and 7277 (Locomotive Notes II, Number 143, mailed mid-December 1990, page 11)

Notes:

1. UP 26/26B was retired by UP in February 1970; sold to Continental Leasing Group in September 1971; shipped to Intercontinental Engineering Co., Riverside, Missouri; donated to Ogden Union Station Museum, Ogden, Utah on 20 March 1986; moved from Kansas City via BN in March 1987; arrived at Ogden in July 1987; painted during April 1989.
2. Utah 401 was built as ATSF 823; renumbered to ATSF 9823; retired by ATSF in May 1975; sold to Precision National; sold to Utah Railway in September 1975; retired by Utah Railway in May 1982; sold to Industrial Salvage & Metals (Salt Lake City, Utah), November 1983; traded to Promontory Chapter, NRHS, for scrap value in four donated former Kennecott locomotives, January 1984; stored at Salt Lake City, Utah; sold to Chuck Weart, of Wyoming & Colorado Railway, for lease service; leased to Broken Arrow Inc. (Tooele, Utah), used at Clive, Utah, to switch rotary dumper for inbound cars hauling hazardous waste; sold to Herzog in May 1992, still used at Clive location; donated to Utah Railroad Museum, Ogden, Utah.
3. U. S. Army 1216 was assigned to the Army's Twin Cities Arsenal in New Brighton, Minn., prior to being moved to Hill AFB, which later donated the unit to Ogden Union Station. (part from Joe Strapac)
4. Utah Central 1236 was built as U. S. Air Force 1236; donated to Ogden Union Station in late 1990; leased to Utah Central Railway, Ogden, Utah; returned and displayed at Ogden Union Station.
5. U. S. Air Force 1237 was retired by the U. S. Air Force and donated to Ogden Union Station at the same time as USAF 1236, in late 1990; stored on a flat car for easy movement; by February 2003, USAF 1237 was in very sad shape, and was reported as being scrapped within a year, in about 2004. (February 2003 photo at RailPictures.net)
6. U. S. Army 1258 built in October 1953; assigned to New Cumberland Army Depot, Pennsylvania; assigned to Ft. Eustis, Virginia by September 1971; rebuilt at Tooele Army Depot rail shop on Hill AFB, July 1973; still stored at Hill AFB by June 1975; in transit at Omaha, Nebraska in April 1980; returned to Hill AFB by April 1981; assigned to Ft. Eustis, Virginia from 1985-1988; en transit at Raceland, Kentucky in August 1991; donated to Ogden Union Station and on display there by May 1994, painted in fresh red USA paint; sold (?) to Fluor Daniel Fernald (OHFX) by April 1999, used in cleanup of former DoE Fernald uranium refinery near near Cincinatti, Ohio (known as Fernald Environmental Management Project), site closure completed by late 2000; in transit at Kansas City, Missouri in April 2007, going to Moab, Utah, named "Susan B" with additional lettering: "Fernald Environmental Management Project." (Locomotive Notes II, Issue 250, page 20)
7. U. S. Air Force 1607
8. SP 3769 was built as SP 5733; renumbered to SP 3574 in 1965; remanufactured to SP GP9E 3769 in September 1974; retired by SP on May 28, 1986; donated to Ogden Union Station on July 23, 1987.
9. Cargill no. 6751 was built as B&O no. 213, to B&O no. 8413 (RailPictures.net photo); to Arco Petroleum no. 8413, at Carson, California, renumbered to Arco Petroleum no. 6971 (same location) (RailPictures.net photo, March 1987); to GATX no. 6971 at Colton, California, lease expired and unit stored at GATX facility until sold via Western Railway Supply (dealer) to Cargill, moved to Ogden in mid August 1993, repainted and lettered as Cargill no. 6751 (RailPictureArchives.net 1996 photo; 2008 photo); replaced by a Trackmobile; donated in April 2011 to Utah State Railroad Museum at Ogden Union Station; moved on May 21, 2011. (RailPictureArchives.net May 2011 photos)
10. UP 6916 was retired by UP in May 1985; donated to Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah in October 1985, delivered in January 1986.
11. U. S. Air Force 7277
12. SP 7457 was built in August 1966 as SP 8800, the first of SP's 357-unit fleet of SD45s; donated to Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden, Utah, on February 5, 2002 (UP's two Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics units were displayed during the donation ceremony).

The following list of cabooses at Ogden comes from Roger Kirkpatrick's listings:

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