Trains at Salem, Oregon, on April 20, 2007

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.

Trains in Salem, Oregon, on April 6, 2007

I took these train pictures in Salem, Oregon, on April 6, 2007.

Leading the northbound Coast Starlight at the Amtrak depot is Amtrak #119. 

It is a 4,250-horsepower P42DC that was built by General Electric in September 1997. 

The trailing unit is Amtrak #507.

It is a 3,200-horsepower Dash 8-32BWH.

It was built by General Electric in December 1991.

A total of 20 of these locomotives were built for Amtrak.

Further south, a number of Union Pacific locomotives were at the Salem yard.

Union Pacific #536 is a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in June 1974 as Union Pacific #2036. 

It was renumbered to Union Pacific #536 on December 16, 2000. 

Union Pacific (UPY) #568 is a 1,500-horsepower GP15-1 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in July 1976 as Missouri Pacific #1568. 

After the Missouri Pacific was merged into the Union Pacific in 1982, this locomotive was renumbered to Union Pacific #1568 on April 15, 1991. 

It was transferred to Union Pacific’s new UPY reporting mark for yard locomotives as UPY #568 on June 15, 2000. 

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. 

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.

Trains in Kalama, Longview & Kelso, Washington, on February 26, 2007

I saw these trains in Kalama, Longview and Kelso, Washington, on February 26, 2007. First, at the Kalama Export Company grain elevator was a set of three BNSF Railway locomotives built by General Electric. BNSF #4304 is a 4,400-horsepower Dash 9-44CW that was built by General Electric in January 1999. 

BNSF #4757 is a 4,400-horsepower Dash 9-44CW that was built by General Electric in May 1998. 

BNSF #4651 is a 4,400-horsepower Dash 9-44CW that was built by General Electric in February 2000. 

Kalama Export Company #632 is a 1,200-horsepower SW1200 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in November 1954 as Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad #2027. In 1959 it was renumbered to #632. 

The locomotive was retired in June 1983 and sold to Independent Locomotive Service Company, before being resold to Peavey Grain in 1984. It became Kalama Export Company #632 around 1998. 

Further south in Kalama was another set of three BNSF locomotives, each wearing a different paint scheme.

BNSF #7759 is a 4,400-horsepower ES44DC.

It was built by General Electric in June 2005. 

It was delivered wearing BNSF's new orange and black "Heritage III" paint scheme.

BNSF #710 is a 4,400-horsepower Dash 9-44CW that was built by General Electric in July 1998.

It was delivered wearing the red and silver “Warbonnet” paint scheme of predecessor Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. 

BNSF #7699 is a 4,400-horsepower ES44DC.

It was built by General Electric in February 2005. 

It was delivered in BNSF's orange and green "Heritage II" paint scheme.

A southbound Amtrak Cascades train passed through Kalama, led by Amtrak #459, one of 15 3,200-horsepower F59PHIs built for Pacific Surfliner service between San Luis Obispo and San Diego, California. It was built in July 1998 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors with final assembly by Super Steel Schenectady of Schenectady, Pennsylvania. Aside from the paint scheme, it is identical to the Cascades F59PHI locomotives, and was presumably filling in for a Cascades unit in need of maintenance in Los Angeles, where all Amtrak’s F59PHI locomotives were maintained. 

Bringing up the rear of the Cascades train is Amtrak Cascades #90230, a Non-Powered Cab Unit or NPCU, which was rebuilt in February 1999 from Amtrak #230, a 3,000-horsepower F40PH that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in July 1977, using components from traded-in Amtrak SDP40F locomotive #553. 

I took this picture from my car on State Route 432 along the Longview Switching Company yard in Longview of a 4,400-horsepower AC4400CW that appears to be Canadian Pacific #9600, which was built by General Electric in September 1997. 

From Gerhart Gardens Park in Longview, I photographed this northbound BNSF freight train across the Cowlitz River, with Ferromex SD40-2 #3215. This locomotive was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in November 1971 as Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico #8539, a 3,000-horsepower SD40. It was rebuilt in March 1992 at FNM’s San Luis Potosí shops as SD40-2 #13087. Following the privatization of the Mexican railroads, Ferromex began operating on February 19, 1998, and this locomotive became Ferromex #3215.

In this train, it was sandwiched between two BNSF Railway locomotives. BNSF #5003 is a 4,400-horsepower Dash 9-44CW that was built by General Electric in August 2004. 

BNSF #2339 is a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in March 1972 as St. Louis-San Francisco (also known as the Frisco) #668. The Frisco was merged into the Burlington Northern on November 21, 1980, and this locomotive became Burlington Northern #2339. Following the merger of the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #2257 and was repainted in Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s “Heritage I” colors on May 8, 2000. 

Arriving at the Kelso depot with a northbound Amtrak Cascades train, Amtrak Cascades #466 is a 3,200-horsepower F59PHI that was built in November 1998 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors with final assembly by Super Steel Schenectady of Schenectady, Pennsylvania. 

Bringing up the rear of the Cascades train is Amtrak Cascades #90253, a Non-Powered Cab Unit or NPCU, which was rebuilt in January 1999 from Amtrak #253, a 3,000-horsepower F40PH that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in October 1977, using components from traded-in Amtrak SDP40F locomotive #574. 

Pulling a southbound empty BNSF coal train past the Kelso depot was a trio of 4,000-horsepower SD70MACs that were built by the General Motors Locomotive Group in London, Ontario. Leading is BNSF #9490, which was built in October 1994 as Burlington Northern #9490. Following the merger of the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #9490 on January 23, 2002. 

The middle locomotive is Burlington Northern #9633, which was built in June 1995. The trailing locomotive is BNSF #9775, which was built in May 1996. 

Finally, as the coal train passed, a northbound BNSF freight train arrived, led by BNSF #4196, a 4,400-horsepower Dash 9-44CW that was built in July 2002.

Union Pacific GP39-2 #1207 & GP38-2 #1045 at Albany, Oregon

On October 3, 2006, I photographed these Union Pacific locomotives from my car on Interstate 5 at Albany, Oregon. Union Pacific #1207 is a 2,300-horsepower GP39-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in January 1977 as Kennecott Copper Corporation #788, one of a group of 11 built with high-visibility cabs 26 inches higher than normal for service in the Brigham Canyon copper mine near Salt Lake City, Utah. These locomotives were removed from service on September 19, 1983, due to the discontinuance of rail waste trains. On August 2, 1984, this unit was one of nine of the eleven to be leased by Kennecott with Helm Financial as agent to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. The cabs of these nine units were lowered by National Railway Equipment at a leased facility in Clearfield, Utah, between August and October 1984, and they were moved to the MKT in October 1984. This locomotive became MKT #387. The Missouri-Kansas-Texas was merged into the Union Pacific in August 1988, and this was first of the group to be renumbered, becoming Union Pacific #2357 on December 13, 1988. It was renumbered to Union Pacific #1207 on October 15, 2002. Union Pacific #1045 was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in October 1967 as New York Central #3097, a 3,000-horsepower GP40. On February 1, 1968, the New York Central merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form Penn Central, and on April 1, 1976, the Penn Central was merged into Conrail. The locomotive retained its original number through these mergers to become Conrail #3097. Retired by Conrail, the locomotive became Kyle Railroad #3118 by 1988, the went to Helm Leasing as #3118. On November 21, 1989, Union Pacific leased the locomotive from Helm Financial, and it became Union Pacific #874. It 1998 it was returned to Helm Financial and rebuilt by Boise Locomotive Corporation into a 2,000-horsepower GP38-2 locomotive, though it retained the three radiator fans of a GP40. It was again leased to Union Pacific As #2545 on September 2, 1998, and was renumbered to #1045 on September 15, 2001. 

Union Pacific GP38-2s #1035 & #1045 at Albany, Oregon

On September 15, 2006, I photographed this southbound Union Pacific freight train from my car on Interstate 5 at Albany, Oregon, powered by Union Pacific 2,000-horsepower GP38-2s #1035 & #1045. These two locomotives were originally built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors as 3,000-horsepower GP40 locomotives. Union Pacific #1035 was originally built in May 1966 Seaboard Air Line #602. On July 1, 1967, the Seaboard Air Line merged with the Atlantic Coast Line to form the Seaboard Coast Line. Seaboard Air Line locomotive #602 became Seaboard Coast Line locomotives #1517. On December 29, 1982, the Seaboard Coast Line merged with the Louisville & Nashville to form the Seaboard System Railroad, and the locomotive became Seaboard System #6674. On July 1, 1986, the Seaboard System Railroad became CSX Transportation, and the locomotive became CSX #6674. Retired by CSX, the locomotive joined the VMV Enterprises lease fleet by 1988, becoming VMVX #6673. On January 19, 1989, Union Pacific leased the locomotive from Helm Financial, and the locomotive became Union Pacific #858. Union Pacific #1045 was originally built in October 1967 as New York Central #3097. On February 1, 1968, the New York Central merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form Penn Central, and on April 1, 1976, the Penn Central was merged into Conrail. The locomotive retained its original through these mergers to become Conrail #3097. Retired by Conrail, the locomotive became Kyle Railroad #3118 by 1988, then went to Helm Leasing as #3118. On November 21, 1989, Union Pacific leased the locomotive from Helm Financial and it became Union Pacific #874. In 1998 they were returned to Helm Financial and rebuilt by Boise Locomotive Corporation into GP38-2 locomotives, though they retained the three radiator fans of a GP40. The former Union Pacific #858 was again leased to Union Pacific as #2535 on August 14, 1998, and the former Union Pacific #874 was again leased to Union Pacific as #2545 on September 2, 1998. Union Pacific #2535 was renumbered to #1035 on August 21, 2001, and Union Pacific #2545 was renumbered to #1045 on September 15, 2001.