The WPX

Doug Harrop Photography • March 9, 1985

 

Doug was in Utah's Weber Canyon and captured this impressive "telesmash" image of UP 6916 leading the WPX (Western Pacific Expediter) train at Devils Slide, Utah.

 

UP 6916 was among 25 DDA40X locomotives Union Pacific pulled from long-term storage in 1983, and restored to service due to a surge in traffic. By mid-1985, the surge was over, and 6916 was retired, repainted, and donated to the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah.

Done