Union Pacific GE C36-7 No. 9005 leads an eastbound intermodal train out of Green River, Wyoming, on the morning of July 6, 1988.
UP 9005 (SD70ACe) leads a freight over Wadsworth Boulevard in Arvada, Colorado.
Union Pacific had 60 GE C36-7s all former Missouri Pacific units numbered 9000-9059. Delivered new with yellow and gray paint and MP lettering.
With a quad of newly rebuilt MPI SD40s at the helm, a Utah Railway coal load heads west through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching the twin Thistle Tunnels.
UP apparently was less than thrilled with EMD's GP40X, and ordered no follow-up GP50s, but the two models wound up serving together on C&NW/UP pool trains, often on Falcons and other speedy interm... (more)
The UP Rose Bowl Special is departing Union Station and is passing Mission tower on the west bank of the Los Angeles river. Four of the six GP40X engines that Union Pacific had are seen in this sh... (more)