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.