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Doug Harrop Photography • February 7, 2006
UP's Western Pacific Heritage SD70ACe locomotive leads a mix of freight cars through Echo, Utah on the Evanston Sub. The second locomotive is of Rio Grande heritage, former D&RGW 5366.
UP 1983 was officially unveiled more than two decades ago, and is still in general freight service wearing the same fancy WP livery.
Forty four years ago plus one day from the date of this photo being posted, dad and I were chasing a dogs breakfast of a lash up on the WP’s San Jose Turn, seen here rounding the curve at Altamont with Bob Black photo bombing my shot.
Up front the power is WP GP7 710, GP20 2006, F7 921, GP7 712, F7 917, and GP20 2007.
Kodachrome 64 Slide - September 6, 1981
BN X8120N on the WP about to crossing under highway 89 at Greenville, CA WP's 4th Subdivision on August 31, 1980.
When I first visited and photographed WP Feather River in late August 1974 a friend I took a photo of an BN train from this same bridge at about the same time of day. The lumber mill in the background of this photo looked very busy in late August 1974 with lots of fresh lumber to make something. In this photo six years latter the lumber company looks like it is closed.
WP GP40 3538 leads a piggy back train eastbound out of Portola in June 1978. Already the UP is showing it's presence on the WP property as a prelude of thing to come in the future.
Kodachrome 64 Slide
On an extremely hot day in July 1978, WP 913 leads the “Fab Four” at Mossdale California making a run for the eastern approach to the Altamont Pass grade with the SJT.
Kodachrome 64 Slide - July 1978
WP GP35 3004 was involved in a side swipe accident somewhere on the WP, and hos found it's way to the WP's Sacramento Jeffrey Shops for evaluation and repair. Once repaired, the unit will emerge with a new EMD cab without the iconic WP "Golden Glow" reflector headlight, and will sport a standard twin sealed beam headlight and will be repainted into WP's new corporate color of Pearlman Green.
Kodacolor Negative by Bob Black- John Black Collection. 1069