I photographed DLMX #644 on the Albany & Eastern in Lebanon, Oregon, on September 6, 2006.
This locomotive was originally built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in August 1974 as Amtrak #644, one of a total of 150 3,000-horsepower SDP40F locomotive built between June 1973 and August 1974 numbered from #500 to #649.
Between 1974 and 1976, Amtrak SDP40Fs were involved in 13 minor derailments resulting from a combination of the truck design, lateral motion from the steam generator water tanks, harmonic vibrations between the heavy locomotives and lightweight baggage cars, and track conditions. As a result, several railroads imposed speed restrictions on the SDP40Fs, and some others banned the SDP40Fs from their rails entirely.
Between 1977 and 1987 Amtrak traded in 132 of the SDP40Fs back to EMD for four-axle F40PH locomotives. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe never had any problems with them, and was willing to accept 18 SDP40Fs in trade for 25 CF7 road switchers and 8 SSB1200 switchers for use at Amtrak stations in September 1984. This locomotive was part of the trade.
In May 1985, it was repainted and renumbered to ATSF #5266 as an SDF40-2. In late 1988 the nose and pilot were modified to create at front platform with standard stepwells.
The locomotive’s maintenance was transferred to Morrison-Knudsen in April 1994. Following the merger of the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe on September 22, 1995, this locomotive became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #6976 on April 12, 1998.
After being retired in May 2002, it was painted light blue and silver for Maersk Sealand and posed with matching Norfolk Southern SD40-2 #3329 for a promotional photo shoot in late 2002.
Subsequently sold for scrap in Illinois, in 2003 it was acquired by Chris Fussell and the Northwest Rail Museum and returned to operating condition and to its original road number.
On the Albany & Eastern in Lebanon, Oregon, on September 1, 2006, I found another Union Pacific mainline locomotive.
Union Pacific #5695 was the first of five Pre-Production ES44AC Tier II V12 AC test units.
It was built by General Electric in January 2003.
It was delivered to Union Pacific on April 1, 2003, along with sisters #5696 and #5697; they were the first GEVO locomotives delivered to a railroad, though they remained owned by General Electric.
Union Pacific gives its ES44AC locomotives the designation C45ACCTE.
I found this very dirty Union Pacific locomotive on the Albany & Eastern in Lebanon, Oregon, on August 23, 2006.
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.
I photographed Albany & Eastern 70-ton ballast hopper car #9900 in Lebanon, Oregon, on May 23, 2006. I don’t know the history of this car but according to its lettering it was built in January 1959 and is classed by the Albany & Eastern as BC70-1. This car may have originally been built as a 2-bay covered hopper car and had its roof removed and ballast chutes installed.
%20Signal%20at%20Berlin%20Road%20in%20Lebanon,%20Oregon%20on%20February%2013,%202006.JPG "Albany & Eastern Fairmont TKO Tie Remover/Inserter at Lebanon, Oregon, on February 13, 2006")
This is a Fairmont TKO Tie Remover/Inserter belonging to the Albany & Eastern Railroad. It uses rail clamps and jacks to lift the rails to allow an old tie to be removed and a new tie to be inserted with minimum disturbance to the track. On one side, a telescoping tie remover/inserter boom with an articulated gripper head helps to remove old ties and pick up new ties from trackside and guide them into position.
Fairmont Railway Motors, Inc. was founded in 1905 by Frank E. Wade as Fairmont Machine Company, a small machine shop in Fairmont, Minnesota. Fairmont began producing small single cylinder engines in 1907, and was incorporated in 1909 and began to manufacture handcar-like rail vehicles powered by the two-cycle engines. Fairmont Railway Motors became Fairmont Gas Engine and Railway Motor Car Company in 1915, and then became Fairmont Railway Motors, Inc. in 1923. Fairmont acquired Mudge & Company of Chicago, another railway motor car business, in 1928. In 1940, Fairmont developed HY-RAIL® attachments to allow automobiles and trucks to be used on rails as well as roads, developed the first hydraulic spike puller in 1953, and acquired the railcar interests of Fairbanks-Morse in 1955. In 1979, Fairmont was acquired by Harsco Corporation, a company based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a history that dates back to 1853, when it was founded as the Harrisburg Car Manufacturing Company. Under Harsco, Fairmont became a major supplier of tie replacement equipment and other track maintenance equipment. In 1992, Harsco Corporation acquired the Tamper Corporation, which was founded in Canada in 1934, creating Fairmont Tamper. In 1999, the Pandrol Jackson Company was merged with Fairmont Tamper to form Harsco Track Technologies.
Albany & Eastern #2002 was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1970 as Illinois Central #9511, one of an order of 20 2,000-horsepower GP38AC locomotives.
In 1972, the Illinois Central merged with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio to become the Illinois Central Gulf, and the locomotive became Illinois Central Gulf #9511. After their original 15-year lease expired, this was one of 18 of the 20 to be leased to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas in 1985, and it became MKT #335.
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas was acquired by the Union Pacific, and the locomotive became Union Pacific #1992 on March 6, 1991. After the MKT lease expired, Union Pacific purchased it on October 23, 1996. It was renumbered to Union Pacific #1792 on July 25, 1998.
It was assigned Union Pacific #292 in December 1999, but was retired by Union Pacific on May 25, 2001, before being renumbered. In 2002 it came to the Albany & Eastern as GP38-3 #2002.
I photographed this Albany & Eastern freight train at Lebanon, Oregon, on March 31, 2006. In the lead is Albany & Eastern #2001, which was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1970 as Illinois Central #9502, one of an order of 20 2,000-horsepower GP38AC locomotives. In 1972, the Illinois Central merged with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio to become the Illinois Central Gulf, and the locomotive became Illinois Central Gulf #9502. After their original 15-year lease expired, this was one of 18 of the 20 to be leased to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas in 1985, and it became MKT #327. The Missouri-Kansas-Texas was acquired by the Union Pacific, and the locomotive became Union Pacific #1984 on February 6, 1991. After the MKT lease expired, Union Pacific purchased it on October 23, 1996. It was renumbered to Union Pacific #1785 on August 27, 1997. It was assigned Union Pacific #285 in December 1999, but was retired by Union Pacific on May 25, 2001, before being renumbered. In 2002 it came to the Albany & Eastern as GP38-3 #2001.
The trailing unit, Albany & Eastern #2002, was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1970 as Illinois Central #9511, one of an order of 20 2,000-horsepower GP38AC locomotives. In 1972, the Illinois Central merged with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio to become the Illinois Central Gulf, and the locomotive became Illinois Central Gulf #9511. After their original 15-year lease expired, this was one of 18 of the 20 to be leased to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas in 1985, and it became MKT #335. The Missouri-Kansas-Texas was acquired by the Union Pacific, and the locomotive became Union Pacific #1992 on March 6, 1991. After the MKT lease expired, Union Pacific purchased it on October 23, 1996. It was renumbered to Union Pacific #1792 on July 25, 1998. It was assigned Union Pacific #292 in December 1999, but was retired by Union Pacific on May 25, 2001, before being renumbered. In 2002 it came to the Albany & Eastern as GP38-3 #2002.
I took these pictures of Albany & Eastern GP38-3s #2002 and #2001 pulling a freight train in Lebanon, Oregon, on March 21, 2006.
Albany & Eastern #2002 was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1970 as Illinois Central #9511, one of an order of 20 2,000-horsepower GP38AC locomotives. In 1972, the Illinois Central merged with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio to become the Illinois Central Gulf, and the locomotive became Illinois Central Gulf #9511. After their original 15-year lease expired, this was one of 18 of the 20 to be leased to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas in 1985, and it became MKT #335.
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas was acquired by the Union Pacific, and the locomotive became Union Pacific #1992 on March 6, 1991. After the MKT lease expired, Union Pacific purchased it on October 23, 1996. It was renumbered to Union Pacific #1792 on July 25, 1998. It was assigned Union Pacific #292 in December 1999, but was retired by Union Pacific on May 25, 2001, before being renumbered. In 2002 it came to the Albany & Eastern as GP38-3 #2002.
Albany & Eastern #2001 was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1970 as Illinois Central #9502, one of an order of 20 2,000-horsepower GP38AC locomotives. In 1972, the Illinois Central merged with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio to become the Illinois Central Gulf, and the locomotive became Illinois Central Gulf #9502. After their original 15-year lease expired, this was one of 18 of the 20 to be leased to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas in 1985, and it became MKT #327.
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas was acquired by the Union Pacific, and the locomotive became Union Pacific #1984 on February 6, 1991. After the MKT lease expired, Union Pacific purchased it on October 23, 1996. It was renumbered to Union Pacific #1785 on August 27, 1997. It was assigned Union Pacific #285 in December 1999, but was retired by Union Pacific on May 25, 2001, before being renumbered. In 2002 it came to the Albany & Eastern as GP38-3 #2001.
Albany & Eastern #2501 was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in December 1963 as Southern Pacific #7412, a 2,500-horsepower GP35.
After Southern Pacific’s systemwide renumbering in 1965 it became Southern Pacific #6524.
On November 30, 1978, it was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen and became Southern Pacific GP35R #6303.
It was retired on October 3, 1995, and was sold to Progress Rail on January 30, 1996.
It became Willamette Valley Railway #2501, then went to the Albany & Eastern in 1999.
Albany & Eastern #2001 was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1970 as Illinois Central #9502, one of an order of 20 2,000-horsepower GP38AC locomotives.
In 1972, the Illinois Central merged with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio to become the Illinois Central Gulf, and the locomotive became Illinois Central Gulf #9502.
After their original 15-year lease expired, this was one of 18 of the 20 to be leased to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas in 1985, and it became MKT #327.
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas was acquired by the Union Pacific, and the locomotive became Union Pacific #1984 on February 6, 1991.
After the MKT lease expired, Union Pacific purchased it on October 23, 1996.
It was renumbered to Union Pacific #1785 on August 27, 1997.
Southern Pacific #4716 is a C-50-9 Bay-Window Caboose that was built by PACCAR in 1980 as part of an order of 75 that would be Southern Pacific’s last new cabooses.
The Southern Pacific was merged into the Union Pacific in 1996.
Southern Pacific #263 looks like a boxcar but is actually an Air Repeater Car.
It is one of seven Air Repeater Cars numbered 260 to 266 that Southern Pacific placed in service between November 1975 and March 1977, all converted from existing 70-ton boxcars.
Southern Pacific Air Repeater Car #263 was converted from B-70-6 Class Boxcar #673652, originally built by Pacific Car & Foundry in March 1961.
It was built as a 50’-1” long insulated box car with 9’-0” Youngstown plug doors, a Hydra-Cushion underframe, a Car Pac loader, and a capacity of 4,644 cubic feet.
It was converted to an Air Repeater Car at Southern Pacific’s Sacramento Shops in December 1976.
An Air Repeater Car was placed at or near the middle of a long freight train to improve the response of the air brakes during cold weather, using an on-board diesel-powered air compressor to receive pneumatic signals from the brake pipe from the front of the train and relay those signals to produce a corresponding action brake pipe at the rear of the train.
The cars could be operated in either direction, with two air connections at each end.
The green pipe connected to the front of the train and the yellow pipe connected to the rear of the train.
Air repeater cars were used at Eugene, OR, Sparks, NV, and Roseville, CA.
Later, they were used as stationary air compressors wherever they were needed.
The last date on the COTS (Clean, Oil, Test & Stencil) Stencil under IDT (In-Date Test) is February 19, 1981, suggesting it was not used much after that date, however it did remain on the property long enough to become Union Pacific Building 7910.
Little Giant Trakrane Model 32. John Lewis Grundon of Des Moines, Iowa, founded the Des Moines Dragline Company in 1946 and incorporated it as the Little Giant Crane & Shovel Inc. in 1960. The company was sold to Avis Industrial Corporation of Upland, Indiana, in October 1995. The Little Giant factory in Des Moines was closed in January 2001, and production was moved to the Badger Equipment Company of Winona, Minnesota, founded in 1945 and purchased by Avis Industrial in 1978. Badger and Little Giant were sold to Manitex International in 2009.
Albany & Eastern #2002 was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in February 1970 as Illinois Central #9511, one of an order of 20 2,000-horsepower GP38AC locomotives. In 1972, the Illinois Central merged with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio to become the Illinois Central Gulf, and the locomotive became Illinois Central Gulf #9511. After their original 15-year lease expired, this was one of 18 of the 20 to be leased to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas in 1985, and it became MKT #335. The Missouri-Kansas-Texas was acquired by the Union Pacific, and the locomotive became Union Pacific #1992 on March 6, 1991. After the MKT lease expired, Union Pacific purchased it on October 23, 1996. It was renumbered to Union Pacific #1792 on July 25, 1998. It was assigned Union Pacific #292 in December 1999, but was retired by Union Pacific on May 25, 2001, before being renumbered. In 2002 it came to the Albany & Eastern as GP38-3 #2002.
