Union Pacific E8 942
Southern California Railway Museum
Perris, CA
01-19-2013
Processed: 09/13/25
A newly enlarged, enhanced, and processed photo of one of my favorite train engines, the 1953 GM Electro Motive diesel engine at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris, photographed right after a complete restoration lasting a year restored her to her former glory.
From the SCRM website: Union Pacific E8 942 in service. She and her sisters were used on famous passenger trains such as the City of Los Angeles. U.P. 942 was built in 1953 by the Electro Motive Division of GM (EMD) and used by the Union Pacific until 1972. These locomotives had two diesel engines (known as prime movers) rated at 1125 h.p. each.
I've combined two images taken with my old Sony DSC-W55 and utilized my tool kit of computer processing programs to enlarge, sharpen and add HDR.
The last two times I visited the museum, the engine was not on display. I was able to photograph it in a car barn the last time I made a visit, but it was flanked by other trains, and I couldn't get a good angle. This is the best angle available in all my photos of her.
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Union Pacific E8 942
Southern California Railway Museum
Perris, CA
01-19-2013
Processed: 09/13/25
A newly enlarged, enhanced, and processed photo of one of my favorite train engines, the 1953 GM Electro Motive diesel engine at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris, photographed right after a complete restoration lasting a year restored her to her former glory.
From the SCRM website: Union Pacific E8 942 in service. She and her sisters were used on famous passenger trains such as the City of Los Angeles. U.P. 942 was built in 1953 by the Electro Motive Division of GM (EMD) and used by the Union Pacific until 1972. These locomotives had two diesel engines (known as prime movers) rated at 1125 h.p. each.
I've combined two images taken with my old Sony DSC-W55 and utilized my tool kit of computer processing programs to enlarge, sharpen and add HDR.
The last two times I visited the museum, the engine was not on display. I was able to photograph it in a car barn the last time I made a visit, but it was flanked by other trains, and I couldn't get a good angle. This is the best angle available in all my photos of her.
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