UP 1400 • Orange CA • 06/04/25
Heading back to Anaheim after completing its work in Santa Ana, Union Pacific Railroad local LOA32, the Costa Mesa Local (although the line to Costa Mesa was severed from the UP's Santa Ana Industrial Lead decades ago), passes through the city of Orange. UP GP40-2 1400 (ex-SSW 7645) and 1529 (ex-SP MK-rebuild GP40R 7294, ex-CSXT GP40 6811, ex-SBD GP40 6811, née-L&N GP40 3015) and "GP40-2" 1529 (ex-SP MK-rebuild GP40R 7294, ex-CSXT GP40 6811, ex-SBD GP40 6811, née-L&N GP40 3015) have 7 cars in tow this morning. As with so many UP locomotives assigned to urban areas, both Geeps wear unique and colorful paint jobs, courtesy of those with unlimited amounts of spray paint, often "liberated" from Home Depot stores, which cannot be bothered locking their spray paint up. (Orange, California – June 2, 2025)
UP 1400 • Orange CA • 06/04/25
Heading back to Anaheim after completing its work in Santa Ana, Union Pacific Railroad local LOA32, the Costa Mesa Local (although the line to Costa Mesa was severed from the UP's Santa Ana Industrial Lead decades ago), passes through the city of Orange. UP GP40-2 1400 (ex-SSW 7645) and 1529 (ex-SP MK-rebuild GP40R 7294, ex-CSXT GP40 6811, ex-SBD GP40 6811, née-L&N GP40 3015) and "GP40-2" 1529 (ex-SP MK-rebuild GP40R 7294, ex-CSXT GP40 6811, ex-SBD GP40 6811, née-L&N GP40 3015) have 7 cars in tow this morning. As with so many UP locomotives assigned to urban areas, both Geeps wear unique and colorful paint jobs, courtesy of those with unlimited amounts of spray paint, often "liberated" from Home Depot stores, which cannot be bothered locking their spray paint up. (Orange, California – June 2, 2025)