Time to Reflect
In early 2023, UP moved three tracks worth of locomotives into storage at Congress Yard near Downtown Houston. While mostly composed of SD70Ms, there are a couple oddballs too. Like here, a pair of baby tunnel motors along with a TEBU/S4B slug and a much newer SD70ACe.
Both GP15's are former Missouri Pacific units; UPY 660 was built as MP 1660 and UPY 638 was built as MP 1638. Slug UPY 936 was built as SP 7554, a U25B, and rebuilt in 1982 into TEBU yard slug SP 1611. UP since modified and reclassified it as an S4B, and it was officially retired in February of 2023.
The last of the stored locomotives here were removed in early 2025.
UP GP15-1 #Y660
UP S4B #Y936
UP SD70ACe #8652
UP GP15-1 #Y638
Houston, TX
April 19th, 2023
Time to Reflect
In early 2023, UP moved three tracks worth of locomotives into storage at Congress Yard near Downtown Houston. While mostly composed of SD70Ms, there are a couple oddballs too. Like here, a pair of baby tunnel motors along with a TEBU/S4B slug and a much newer SD70ACe.
Both GP15's are former Missouri Pacific units; UPY 660 was built as MP 1660 and UPY 638 was built as MP 1638. Slug UPY 936 was built as SP 7554, a U25B, and rebuilt in 1982 into TEBU yard slug SP 1611. UP since modified and reclassified it as an S4B, and it was officially retired in February of 2023.
The last of the stored locomotives here were removed in early 2025.
UP GP15-1 #Y660
UP S4B #Y936
UP SD70ACe #8652
UP GP15-1 #Y638
Houston, TX
April 19th, 2023