I took these pictures on December 7, 2002, during the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of Model Engineers New Member Orientation Program Scavenger Hunt.
One of the locations on the scavenger hunt was Union Pacific’s former Chicago & North Western yard in Butler, Wisconsin.
Union Pacific #2978 is a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1974 as Chicago & North Western #6830. After the Chicago & North Western was merged into the Union Pacific on April 24, 1995, this locomotive became Union Pacific #2978 on August 11, 1997.
Union Pacific #2976 is a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1974 as Chicago & North Western #6828. After the Chicago & North Western was merged into the Union Pacific on April 24, 1995, this locomotive became Union Pacific #2976 on April 3, 1998.
LLPX #2253 is a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in March 1977 as Long Island Railroad #275. It was retired between November 1999 and March 2000.
It ended up with General Motors’ Locomotive Leasing Partners and was subsequently leased to Union Pacific. It is painted in Union Pacific colors but without lettering and with its road numbers in a distinctly non-Union Pacific font.
Union Pacific #2991 is a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in April 1974 as Chicago & North Western #6859.
After the Chicago & North Western was merged into the Union Pacific on April 24, 1995, this locomotive became Union Pacific #2991 on April 14, 1998.
Union Pacific #393 is a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in December 1979 as Chicago & North Western #4628.
After the Chicago & North Western was merged into the Union Pacific on April 24, 1995, this locomotive became Union Pacific #393 on August 25, 2000.
Another location on the scavenger hunt was the Amtrak station in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where an Amtrak Hiawatha consist could be found under the trainshed. Amtrak #57 is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that was built by General Electric in February 1997.
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