Union Pacific AC4400CW #5788 in Lebanon, Oregon, on August 23, 2006

I found this very dirty Union Pacific locomotive on the Albany & Eastern in Lebanon, Oregon, on August 23, 2006.

Union Pacific #5788 is a 4,400-horsepower AC4400CW that Union Pacific designates as a C44ACCTE.

This locomotive was built by General Electric in February 2002 and was delivered to Union Pacific on February 16, 2002.

This single large mainline locomotive sitting alone on this shortline was an unexpected surprise.

Union Pacific GP38-2s #1035 & #1034 at Albany, Oregon, on August 22, 2006

On August 22, 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 & #1034. These two locomotives were originally built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in May 1966 as 3,000-horsepower GP40 locomotives for the Seaboard Air Line. Union Pacific #1035 was originally Seaboard Air Line #602 and Union Pacific #1034 was originally Seaboard Air Line #613. On July 1, 1967, the Seaboard Air Line merged with the Atlantic Coast Line to form the Seaboard Coast Line. Seaboard Air Line locomotives #602 & #613 became Seaboard Coast Line locomotives #1517 & #1528. On December 29, 1982, the Seaboard Coast Line merged with the Louisville & Nashville to form the Seaboard System Railroad, and the locomotives became Seaboard System #6674 & #6684. On July 1, 1986, the Seaboard System Railroad became CSX Transportation, and the locomotives became CSX #6674 & #6684. Retired by CSX, the locomotives joined the VMV Enterprises lease fleet by 1988, becoming VMVX #6673 and #6684. On January 19, 1989, Union Pacific leased the locomotives as part of a group of 34 from Helm Financial, and these two locomotives became Union Pacific #858 & #857. In 1998 they were returned to Helm Financial and rebuilt by Boise Locomotive Corporation into GP38-2 locomotives, though they retain the three radiator fans of a GP40. The former Union Pacific #857 was again leased to Union Pacific as #2534 on July 30, 1998, and the former Union Pacific #858 was again leased to Union Pacific as #2535 on August 14, 1998. Union Pacific #2534 was renumbered to #1034 on July 27, 2001, and Union Pacific #2535 was renumbered to #1035 on August 21, 2001.

Union Pacific Freight Train at Albany, Oregon, on August 16, 2006

On August 16, 2006, I photographed this southbound Union Pacific freight train from my car on Interstate 5 at Albany, Oregon, led by Union Pacific #5304, a 4,400-horsepower ES44AC that was built by General Electric and delivered on May 30, 2006. Union Pacific gives its ES44AC locomotives the designation C45ACCTE. The second locomotive is Union Pacific #4291, a 4,000-horsepower SD70M that was assembled for the General Motors Locomotive Group by Bombardier in Mexico in January 2001 and was delivered on January 17, 2001.

Albany & Eastern #3859

Albany & Eastern #3859 was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1959 as 1,750-horsepower GP9 #456 for the Texas & New Orleans, a subsidiary of Southern Pacific.

After the 1965 system renumbering, it became Southern Pacific #3660.

On January 9, 1978, it was upgraded by Southern Pacific’s Sacramento Shops as GP9R #3859.

It was retired on February 20, 1991, and was sold on February 5, 1992 to the Willamette Valley Railway.

It was later leased to the Albany & Eastern, which purchased it in 1999.

Union Pacific SD40-2 #3598 in Salem, Oregon, on August 13, 2006

On the evening of August 13, 2006, in my car at the Union Pacific grade crossing on SE Madrona Avenue in Salem, Oregon, I took this picture of Union Pacific #3598, a 3,000-horsepower SD40-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in August 1979 as Union Pacific #8089. This locomotive was originally one of Union Pacific’s “Fast Forties” with high-speed gearing for a top speed of 80 miles per hour. It was converted to standard gearing and renumbered to Union Pacific #3598 in September 1981. The light from my car’s headlights shows the reflective properties of the red striping and lettering.

Union Pacific SD70M #4870 in Albany, Oregon, on August 7, 2006

On August 7, 2006, I photographed this southbound Union Pacific freight train from my car on Interstate 5 at Albany, Oregon, led by Union Pacific #4870, a 4,000-horsepower SD70M that was assembled for the General Motors Locomotive Group by Bombardier in Mexico in January 2002 and was delivered on February 6, 2002.