MP GP40 645

Missouri Pacific Railroad GP40 645 at Cotter, Arkansas on July 22, 1988, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 645 was built in April 1970 ( c/n 36400 ) ad Rock Island GP40 4714, owned by UP, leased to CRI&P, returned to the UP at time the ROCK shut-down on March 31, 1981. The following is from utahrails.net:

 

Union Pacific 645 was relettered to MP 645 in February 1985; leased to NdeM in October 1989 to January 1990; returned to UP after being wrecked ( fire damage ) while on lease to NdeM; relettered back from MP 645 to UP 645 on 25 January 1990; stored unserviceable; sold to National Railway Equipment, Dixmoor, Ill., 17 March 1993; to Missouri & Northern Arkansas ( Railtex ) 645.

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Uploaded on November 22, 2018
Taken on July 22, 1988