January 1984 found all the un-rebuilt ex-WP GP40s being removed from storage at Salt Lake City when UP sub-leased them for a period of 18-months, along with the ex-WP GP40-2s, to the …

Aug 20, 1996 · The roster was updated in 1994 during preparation of an article on WP's GP40 fleet for Pacific RailNews magazine but was not included by the publisher when that …

Dec 28, 2024 · Western Pacific Railroad GP40-2 3551 fresh from EMD at BN's Clyde, Illinois yard on an unknown day in April 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Title: WP 3551 Description: …

WP continued updating the locomotive fleet in 1966 with the addition of ten 3000 horsepower GP40’s in numerical series 3501-3510 which closely followed the GP35 order. Interestingly, …

Sold to CMNW, to WC, to BRC.

Western Pacific GP40s 1976 (ex-3541) and 1776 (ex-3540) on display in San Francisco, along with Bicentennial power from Santa Fe and Southern Pacific. WP 3516 along with both WP …

WP GP40-2 3553 teams up with two additional GP40s to spirit an eastbound train just east of at Pulga, in the Feather River Canyon over the July 4th weekend of 1980. (Below) WP 3523 …

WP finally placed an order for five GP40-2s in 1979, taking delivery of them in July of that year. They were numbered 3545-3549 in sequence behind the last GP40. All were delivered in the …

Union Pacific (UP) 659, Repainted and renumbered 7/9/1984. Retired 4/5/1993.

Notice where the Union Pacific Lettering and the red stripe above that is peeling off and showing LOTS of WP Green Paint, as well as where the builder's and trust plates were. The unit is …