Parts is Parts
Union Pacific’s Provo switch engine pulls a train of cars into Lakota yard in Orem, Utah the afternoon of January 31, 1987. UP 798 as it stood was an accumulation of parts from three different locomotives. The nose, pilot, engine, and frame were from wreck-damaged Western Pacific GP35 No. 3020. The cab was from wrecked Missouri Pacific GP38-2 No. 2031. The long hood was from retired Union Pacific GP35 No. 2063. The repairs were performed in the Salt Lake Diesel Shop. Before repainting, 798 was whimsically referred to as the “ultimate merger engine”.
Parts is Parts
Union Pacific’s Provo switch engine pulls a train of cars into Lakota yard in Orem, Utah the afternoon of January 31, 1987. UP 798 as it stood was an accumulation of parts from three different locomotives. The nose, pilot, engine, and frame were from wreck-damaged Western Pacific GP35 No. 3020. The cab was from wrecked Missouri Pacific GP38-2 No. 2031. The long hood was from retired Union Pacific GP35 No. 2063. The repairs were performed in the Salt Lake Diesel Shop. Before repainting, 798 was whimsically referred to as the “ultimate merger engine”.