Sunday, June 2, 2019

Trains at Portland's Albina Yard in Spring 2001

Union Pacific GP15-1 #1598 at Albina Yard in Portland, Oregon, in May 2001
Photo by Cliff West

This group of pictures were taken by my dad, Cliff West, while railfanning with Fred Anderson at Union Pacific's Albina Yard in Portland, Oregon, in the spring of 2001, I believe in the month of May. First we see a Union Pacific locomotive switching some Canadian Pacific covered hoppers featuring the beaver herald that was revived in 2007.

Union Pacific GP15-1 #1598 at Albina Yard in Portland, Oregon, in May 2001
Photo by Cliff West

Union Pacific #1598 is a 1,500-horsepower GP15-1 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in July 1977 as Missouri Pacific #1598. It retained its original number after the Missouri Pacific was merged into the Union Pacific in 1982, and was repainted in Union Pacific colors on November 7, 1988.

Union Pacific SD70M #4626 at Albina Yard in Portland, Oregon, in May 2001
Photo by Cliff West

Here is a Union Pacific freight train arriving at Albina Yard with four Union Pacific locomotives.

Union Pacific SD70M #4626 at Albina Yard in Portland, Oregon, in May 2001
Photo by Cliff West

The lead locomotive is Union Pacific #4626, a 4,000-horsepower SD70M that was built by the General Motors Locomotive Group in London, Ontario, in April 2001. It was only about a month old when this picture was taken.

Union Pacific SD70M #4588 at Albina Yard in Portland, Oregon, in May 2001
Photo by Cliff West

Also part of this locomotive consist, Union Pacific #4588 is another 4,000-horsepower SD70M that was built by the General Motors Locomotive Group in London, Ontario, in February 2001.

Union Pacific Dash 8-40C #9054 at Albina Yard in Portland, Oregon, in May 2001
Photo by Cliff West

Leading a departing freight train, Union Pacific #9054 is a 4,000-horsepower Dash 8-40C that was built by General Electric in August 1990 as Chicago & North Western #8532. Following the merger of the Chicago & North Western into the Union Pacific on April 25, 1995, this locomotive was renumbered and repainted for Union Pacific on December 5, 1995.

Union Pacific Dash 8-40C #9054 at Albina Yard in Portland, Oregon, in May 2001
Photo by Cliff West

The last picture from this group shows the freight train led by Union Pacific #9054 departing the Albina Yard as another freight train led by two more Union Pacific 4,000-horsepower EMD SD70Ms arrives in the yard.

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