I took these pictures in Salem, Oregon, on April 20, 2007. First, heading south near the depot, Union Pacific #300 is a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in January 1972 as Missouri Pacific #658 under a 15-year lease. As part of a 1974 system renumbering it became Missouri Pacific #2009. It was returned to the lessor at the end of the 15-year lease in 1987 and was sold to Helm Financial to become Helm Leasing #2009. It was leased by Union Pacific in February 1989 and became Union Pacific #1800 on October 2, 1989. It was renumbered to Union Pacific #300 on April 1, 2001.
Moving south to the Union Pacific yard, we find Union Pacific #1836, a General Electric B40-8.
It was built by General Electric in September 1987 as Southern Pacific #8036, a 3,900-horsepower B39-8.
After the Southern Pacific was merged into the Union Pacific on September 25, 1996, it was upgraded to a 4,000-horsepower B40-8 on January 29, 1999.
It became Union Pacific #5645 on August 31, 1999, and was renumbered to Union Pacific #1836 on April 15, 2004.
Union Pacific #549 is a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in April 1975 as Union Pacific #2049. It was renumbered to Union Pacific #549 on July 22, 2003.
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