Union Pacific's First Diesel-Electric Switch Engine
Union Pacific's first diesel-electric switch engine pulls Deer Creek Scenic Railroad's "Santa Claus Express" train south of Heber City, Utah on Dec. 15, 1985. The beautifully restored NW2 was built by EMC as a demo unit in Oct. 1939 and purchased by UP in 1940.
In July 1966, it was retired and sold to the Stockton Terminal & Eastern in California. By June 1969, it found a new home on the Western Pacific as No. 607 and by May 1973, it was transferred to subsidiary road Sacramento Northern.
After the UP-WP merger of 1983, 607 was retired by UP (again) and donated to Utah's Deer Creek Scenic Railroad in May of 1984.
By February 1993, it was sold to the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City, where it operates today.
Union Pacific's First Diesel-Electric Switch Engine
Union Pacific's first diesel-electric switch engine pulls Deer Creek Scenic Railroad's "Santa Claus Express" train south of Heber City, Utah on Dec. 15, 1985. The beautifully restored NW2 was built by EMC as a demo unit in Oct. 1939 and purchased by UP in 1940.
In July 1966, it was retired and sold to the Stockton Terminal & Eastern in California. By June 1969, it found a new home on the Western Pacific as No. 607 and by May 1973, it was transferred to subsidiary road Sacramento Northern.
After the UP-WP merger of 1983, 607 was retired by UP (again) and donated to Utah's Deer Creek Scenic Railroad in May of 1984.
By February 1993, it was sold to the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City, where it operates today.