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During the summer of 1989 I was part of a small crew of UP employees that were paid to build a small model railroad in Omaha for display at Union Pacific Headquarters in Bethlehem, PA. So after work we would relocate 2 blocks east of the old HQ building to a UP warehouse and work on the layout. Of course we were in a prime location to watch the UP local as they would come up 12th St. around 7pm to switch the Omaha World Herald building that sat between the two UP buildings on Capitol Avenue. So one evening that I brought my camera with me I was able to catch the local street running as they switched the World Herald. In this view the YCB78 crew is shoving 2 empty newsprint cars around the curve onto 12th St. before shoving the remaining cars to spot at the WH dock that would hold 3 cars.
I believe that is Don Wetmore standing in front of the Hauff Sporting Goods store.
A view looking in the other direction is here: flic.kr/p/2iMhFqJ
UP SW10 was built as MP SW9 #1233 and did a stint on the Great Southwest RR before coming to Omaha for the rebuild.
7-14-1989
The TZPR's East Peoria to Pekin transfer passes underneath the cantilever at "North Pekin East" with a humpbacked SW10 built in 1952 for the Western Pacific leading the way.
A Union Pacific SW10 works the Cereal Food Processors plant trackage on 4th West and 5th South in Salt Lake City, Utah • 7.22.1995
Union Pacific assigned an SD40 and SW10 combo to a Provo, Utah based local that ran about 20 miles to an industrial area called Cutler near Lehi on UP's original Provo Subdivision. Marriage of the "odd couple" lasted about two weeks until its annulment. On Oct. 28, 1986, the duo are pictured departing Provo on the Rio Grande main line via a trackage rights agreement. The 64-car train will reenter UP trackage at Lakota Junction, five miles up the line. The large brick and tile roofed building on the left is the old D&RGW-UP Union Station which opened in 1911. At the time, the 75-year old depot was in the early stages of demolition.
Wearing a fresh coat of Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray paint, a Union Pacific TR5 awaits a crew call in Provo, Utah the morning of April 7, 1977. Nicknamed “cow & calf”, UP 1874/1874B is from an order for eight TR5 sets, built by EMD for UP in Sept. and Oct. 1951. Fast forward 30 years and UP 1874 would be rebuilt In the SW10 program, becoming UP 1227. About the same time, UP 1874B was retired and scrapped in Omaha.
A UP SW10 races a Cadillac Coupe DeVille along State Street in American Fork, Utah on Nov. 24, 1990. Looming large in the background is 11,753 ft. Mt. Timpanogos of the Wasatch Range.
A rooftop view of a Union Pacific SW10 as it makes a switch move at University Avenue in Provo, Utah the morning of March 8, 1983.
A Union Pacific SW10 shoves loads of fire clay at General Refractories in Lehi, Utah the afternoon of Sept. 2, 1988. Historically, this track was built in 1882 by the Salt Lake & Western Railway, a 43-mile short line that reached the Tintic Mining District from Cutler via Five Mile Pass through the Cedar, Rush, and Tintic valleys.
An SW9 shuffles cars near the UP passenger station in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 30, 1977. The 1200 HP yard engine was built by EMD in Oct. 1953 and rebuilt SW10 No. 1209 by UP in Oct. 1980.
After switching cars at General Refractories, Union Pacific SW10 No. 1217 leads the YPV51 along State Street between Cutler and Lehi, Utah the afternoon of Sept. 27, 1988.
Two of the first Omaha, Nebraska SW10 rebuilds to serve in Provo, Utah sit back to back at shift change the afternoon of Oct. 4, 1981. UP 1218 (ex-UP SW9 No. 1860) was released on March 30, 1981 and UP 1213 (ex-UP SW9 No. 1962) was released on Jan. 2, 1981.
A Union Pacific SW10 works a switch job while SD40-2 No. 3176 leads a Utah Railway coal train in Provo, Utah on Sept. 18, 1984.
An SD40 and SW10 combo pull a Union Pacific local freight on Rio Grande rails at Lakota Junction, Utah the afternoon of Oct. 14, 1986. In the background is Geneva Steel, opened in 1944 and shut down in July 1986. The mill was held in “hot-idle” status beginning on August 1, 1986 and sold to new owners for $44 million (less than 1/3 of its liquidation value), reopening by August 1987.
After spending the afternoon working industries in Lehi, American Fork, Pleasant Grove, and Lindon, UP SW10 No. 1258 pulls the YPV51 switch job along Geneva Road in Orem, Utah the afternoon of June 14, 1988. On the right is Bunker Seed, an agriculture supply warehouse built in 1939, and later owned by Intermountain Farmers Association. The structure burned down in a spectacular blaze on March 14, 1997 when employees used a cutting torch to remove the large sign on the roof. More than 30 local firefighters battled the blaze, requiring more than two hours to contain. The warehouse had shut for good the previous week.
Could not have asked for a better placement of Minnesota, Dakota & Western 21 outside the shops in International Falls. The motor was idling with perfect evening sunlight. Boise is out of the picture with the mill in the hands of the Packaging Corporation of America, so all Boise logos on the locomotives and shop have been gone for a while. In the background is the Rainy River and Fort Frances, Ontario's Lookout Tower along the riverfront.
This was one of two remaining Minnesota railroads that I had left to photograph. The last one on the list is the Ellis & Eastern.
An ex-UP SW10 prepares to pull an empty bottle train out of Lakefront Yard into the sprawling Cleveland-Cliffs, formerly Inland Steel, Indiana Harbor Works. Originally an EMD SW9 built UP #1836 in 1953, it was rebuilt in Omaha into an SW10 in the early 1980s and renumbered #1212. It remained in yard service on UP until the late '90s when it was sold to Ferromex. It was sold again to ArcellorMittal around 2008 and has become a permanent resident of the Indiana Harbor Works since then.
Union Pacific assigned two of its eight EMD TR5 sets (1874/1874B & 1875/1875B) to work transfer runs between Provo, Utah and Geneva Steel. By the early 1980s, those assignments began to change when TR5 sets were retired and the TR5As entered the SW10 rebuilt program. One of the more unique of the pairs was UP 1872/1870B. It arrived for duty out of Provo Yard early in January of 1981.
Beginning in 1988, Union Pacific assigned 1200 HP SW10 yard locomotives to handle local industries along the Provo Subdivision main line between Salt Lake City and Provo. UP 1224 is stopping at Central Avenue in Murray, Utah to switch at Concrete Products, Co. the afternoon of May 19, 1988. The Sandy Local originated a four man crew at North Yard in Salt Lake City, and SW10s continued to serve until 1990 when EMD GP15-1s took over.
48 years ago today (image posted 12.11.2024), Union Pacific TR5 No. 1875/1875B pulls a Geneva Turn into Provo, Utah at Center Street on Dec. 11, 1976. UP assigned two TR5 "Cow & Calf" sets to work transfer runs between Provo and Geneva Steel in the 1960s until retirement in the early 1980s.
All of the remaining TR5A "Cow" units became SW10 switch engines, rebuilt in Omaha, Nebraska. UP 1875 emerged as SW10 No. 1235 in June of 1982. UP's remaining TR5B "Calf" units were scrapped in Omaha.
A consist that only the UP could come up with.
This was a United Way OCS. The SW10 dragged the 6936 & train from Fox Park to the ramp here where it would cut off, the high paying donors would board, and the dinner train turn to Valley would depart after 5 or 6 pm, IIRC.
11-14-1992
A Union Pacific SW10 shuffles a group of freight cars while a unit coal train awaits a crew in Provo, Utah on Sept. 18, 1984. In the background at right is the Kimball Tower on the campus of BYU where I attended an English 101 course.
A four-pack of SD40s passing by the Cruger grain complex with the classic UP SW10 in the process of being repainted.
It's another busy morning at the bottom end of Union Pacific's North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 21, 1996.
Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railroad SW10 D.S. 10 pulls a short train of cars from the Salt Lake International Center on Oct. 1, 2009.
In 1987, the UP yardmaster in Provo, Utah determined the YPV51 yard job could be handled with an end cab switch engine.
For more than a year, an SW10 would depart the yard, tootling along the 131 pound rail of the Provo Subdivision, running as far Cutler in Lehi, about 20 miles from the yard.
Driving home from work, I spotted 1258 running along Geneva Road south of Pleasant Grove, Utah on June 7, 1988. The gondolas and steel beams would soon be dropped off at Hardy in Lindon.
While Union Pacific’s fleet of 75 SW10 rebuilds were intended for yard service, a few found themselves assigned to locals. Case in point, UP 1258 rumbles along the McNally Mountain States Steel spur after tying down a Santa Fe mill gondola at Hardy in Lindon, Utah the afternoon of June 7, 1988.
The late Joel Thompson was a model railroader, historian, and fireman/engineer for the Heber Valley Railroad. He lived in Payson, Utah, and on occasion, photographed railroad activity along Rio Grande’s Tintic Branch. On Nov. 7, 1997, he caught three Union Pacific SW10s and a Cotton Belt GP40-2 switching at Geneva Steel's Keigley limestone quarry in Genola, Utah. This extraordinary photograph captures a unique moment in the history of the line.
The crew working Union Pacific's Provo Switcher struggle to free a frozen switch leading to General Refractories at Cutler in Lehi, Utah the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1987. While this trackage still exists, it hasn't seen a train in more than two decades.
A recent graduate from Union Pacific’s SW10 program rests on the service rail in Provo, Utah on Feb. 8, 1981. The 1200 HP switch engine was rebuilt and upgraded from UP SW9 No. 1862.
A Union Pacific SW10 shuffles business car No. 110 to the passenger station in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 24, 1985.
Tazewell and Peoria SW10 1351 was pulling alongside the Illinois River on a sunny Saturday morning in lovely Pekin.
Beginning in 1988, Union Pacific assigned 1200 HP SW10 yard locomotives to handle local industries along the Provo Subdivision main line between Salt Lake City and Provo. UP 1258 is finishing up its work at Cutler on 21st North in Lehi, Utah the afternoon of June 7, 1988. The YPV51 originated a four man crew at Provo Yard, and the SW10s continued to serve until 1990 when EMD GP15-1s took over.
A group of former Western Pacific locomotives were found in storage at South Yard (1st South and 5th West) in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 26, 1983.
Leading the pack is Sacramento Northern NW2 No. 607, with its radiator and stack sections covered with plastic and duct tape. By May 1984, 607 would be donated to the Deer Creek Scenic Railroad in Heber City, Utah.
The remaining end cab switch engines would enter UP's SW10 rebuild program. The U-series GE locomotives were returned to the rightful owner when the lease expired.
There were dozens of end cab switchers roaming around the sprawling ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor East and West mills. Here SW1000 007 works a bottle train while an ex-UP unit works the coal/coke yard.
Union Pacific SW10 No. 1260 drags the California Zephyr train No. 6 from the Union Pacific passenger station toward Grant Tower in Salt Lake City, Utah on Aug. 10, 1985. Once the train clears the Provo Subdivision switch, the UP engine will cut off and the CZ will proceed unassisted along 5th West street on the Rio Grande passenger main to 13th South where it will join the freight mainline to Provo, Helper, and points east to Denver. The roof of the nearby Rio Grande passenger station can be seen to the right.
Union Pacific SW10s No. 1207 and 1215 await assignment beneath the scenic Wasatch Mountains in Provo, Utah on March 2, 1997. Both switching locomotives were retired from the active roster the following year.
Appearing derelict and forlorn, a Union Pacific SW10 awaits continued repairs at North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 22, 1985.
Union Pacific SW10s No. 1220 and 1213 pull the YPV51 yard job on the former D&RGW at 4th South in Orem, Utah on Jan. 22, 1995. In the background are the gorgeous snowy flanks of 10,908 ft. Mt. Cascade of the Wasatch Range.
A Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway SW10 curves around the west perimeter of the Salt Lake International Center business park on April 5, 2007.
I've shot UP special trains with almost everything leading from SW10's to steam and SD60m's, but nothing ever looked better than the A-B-A set of E's on the head end. An example is this Union Pacific special train for Security Analysts departing Omaha.
9-19-1994
A UP SW10 rebuild mingles with an Alco RSD-12 on the joint service rail in Provo, Utah on May 16, 1981. The service life of Utah Railway 600 was winding down, and would be retired from the roster in less than one year.
SLGW SW10 DS-9 shuffles a cut of new Rail Box cars in the Salt Lake International Center business park the morning of April 5, 2007. The property opposite the chain link fence is owned by the Salt Lake City International Airport, a major hub for Delta Airlines.
By the early 1980s, Union Pacific's fleet of SW7, SW9, and TR5 locomotives were at or near retirement. Many were rebuilt as SW10s while others were scrapped.
TR5A No. 1876 was assigned to switch duty in Provo, Utah on Jan. 25, 1981. It would be formally retired from the roster by November, and emerge from the Omaha shops as SW10 No. 1228.
Union Pacific SD40 No. 3016 and SW10 No. 1232 pull the YPV51, a Provo based switch job through Lakota Junction, Utah on Oct. 14, 1986. UP 3016 was built by EMD for the Union Pacific in March 1966 and retired on Aug. 17, 1988. It would be sold to Wilson Railway of Des Moines, Iowa on October 24, 1988 and placed in national lease service as WC-Oxford 3016. It was sold and became Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway No. 3016 in August 1992, later upgraded to SD40-3 standards. (Info via UtahRails.net)
After spending the day working in the Salt Lake Valley on the Sandy Local, SW10 No. 1260 and GP30 No. 871 drift toward the shops at North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah the afternoon of August 1, 1987. UP’s fleet of GP30s was depleting rapidly, but 871 would continue to serve on the active roster until retirement in Sept. 1988.
Union Pacific SW10 No. 1217 pulls the YPV52 yard job through Pleasant Grove, Utah on a sunny Sept. 27, 1988 afternoon. The 1200 horsepower switch engine was built SW9 No. 1844 by EMD in April 1953. In 1981 it was rebuilt into SW10 No. 1217, retired in July 1998, and sold to Connell Finance who leased it to Canadian Pacific.