Chuck Zeiler UP
UP U50 41
Union Pacific Railroad U50 41 at Council Bluffs, Iowa on May 2, 1965, Kodachrome by Lou Schmitz, Chuck Zeiler collection. Built around August 1964 ( c/n 35101 ), retired and traded to GE January 1974.
The numbers 1 72 appear in the engineer's side number board, and at the time of this photo, the UP ( and the SP ) were using the number boards to display the train number, not the locomotive number, so perhaps this locomotive last worked the first section of train # 72. The trucks and connecting span bolsters came from retired gas-turbine locomotives.
This locomotive was essentially two U25B's on a common frame. The UP had determined that the maintenance costs were independent of the power output of the locomotive, so the concept was to reduce maintenance costs by using a few large locomotives in place of several smaller locomotives. See the link below for more information
UP U50 41
Union Pacific Railroad U50 41 at Council Bluffs, Iowa on May 2, 1965, Kodachrome by Lou Schmitz, Chuck Zeiler collection. Built around August 1964 ( c/n 35101 ), retired and traded to GE January 1974.
The numbers 1 72 appear in the engineer's side number board, and at the time of this photo, the UP ( and the SP ) were using the number boards to display the train number, not the locomotive number, so perhaps this locomotive last worked the first section of train # 72. The trucks and connecting span bolsters came from retired gas-turbine locomotives.
This locomotive was essentially two U25B's on a common frame. The UP had determined that the maintenance costs were independent of the power output of the locomotive, so the concept was to reduce maintenance costs by using a few large locomotives in place of several smaller locomotives. See the link below for more information