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40 Year Reunion

Union Pacific's (second) SD40N No. 1687 is currently assigned to the LUL41 local out of Provo, Utah. I was excited to catch on December 14, 2025, as it is one I hadn't photographed before. Or was it?

 

I checked my photo archive and discovered a photo of the same engine shot on Kodachrome more than 40 years ago. it was a standard SD40-2, from UP's second to last order of the series.

 

The 3787 was built in La Grange, Illinois for Union Pacific in November 1980. I photographed it leading an eastbound train out of North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 27, 1985.

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Uploaded on December 16, 2025
Taken on December 14, 2025