Ex Union Pacific GE44ton DS1399 at Danbury RR Museum

linkthebutler · **Joined:** Mon Jul 13, 2020 12:29 am **Posts:** 196

The one and only GE 44ton switcher used by Union Pacific is located at the Danbury Railway Museum in CT.
http://www.danburyrailwaymuseum.org/44ton.htm

Every vintage pic of this loco I found is in the well known yellow/gray UP paint scheme.

According to
https://utahrails.net/up/up-diesel-pain ... ic-era.php
it was one of the last painted black with yellow striping/lettering switchers delivered before UP change to yellow/gray with red lettering.

Anyone have a photo of this loco in original black paint?

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1230

28344 44T D/E B-B Std 380hp Cat D-17000 (2) 3/28/1947 B-B-88/88-4GE733
Union Pacific #DS-1399 > #1399 Center cab
Renumbered into MofW number series #MW03999 > MW903999
Diesel Supply (D)
General Dynamics, Electric Boat Div, Groton, Conn
Danbury RR Museum, Danbury, Conn
Display

linkthebutler · **Joined:** Mon Jul 13, 2020 12:29 am **Posts:** 196

Nobody has a picture of this locomotive in the original factory applied black with
yellow striping/lettering paint scheme?

MEC_557 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:07 am

John T wrote:

28344 44T D/E B-B Std 380hp Cat D-17000 (2) 3/28/1947 B-B-88/88-4GE733
Union Pacific #DS-1399 > #1399 Center cab
Renumbered into MofW number series #MW03999 > MW903999
Diesel Supply (D)
General Dynamics, Electric Boat Div, Groton, Conn
Danbury RR Museum, Danbury, Conn
Display

Not display, it's operable. The New Haven unit hasn't operated since it showed up there with the UP unit in 2006.

Being a single unit on the UP and during early times there may very well not be many pics of it in it's as delivered scheme

Ex Union Pacific GE44ton DS1399 at Danbury RR Museum

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