Ted -

Beautiful U.P. Overland Route neon sign. Hopefully this still exists somewhere. Anyone know? BTW, perhaps you could use this photo to start a new thread on Neon Railroad Signs.

Les

Next Four UP Slides:

Photo #9: PA-1 #600 on Cajon Pass at Summit. #600 was built in September 1947 as #994A, renumbered in March 1948, reassigned to freight service in 1958, and retired in August 1964. Photographer, date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521261



Photo #10: 0-6-0 #4466 and bus #27 in Sacramento in May 1991. #4466 was built by Lima in October 1920, assigned as the Cheyenne shop switcher, moved to Grand Island in April 1960, vacated from the roster in July 1962, held for historical purposes, donated (when??) to the Pacific Coast Chapter R&LHS, moved in May 1973, donated to CSRM in June 1978, returned to service in 1984, o.o.s. since 1999. #27 is/was a 41 seat "parlor coach", Model PDA4101, built by GM in 1949. Is #27 actually part of the CSRM collection, and if so, when was it donated/acquired? Thanks in advance! Photographer, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521262



Photo #11: E9A #960 passing Hobart Tower, Hobart, CA. The #960 was built in October 1955, was retained by UP in August 1972, retired in July 1980 and sold for scrap in November to Naparano Iron & Metal Co. Photographer, date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521263



Photo #12: this is a Dick Wallin Ektachrome duplicate of F9A #522, apparently from the collection of Terry Wegmann. The #522 was built in September 1958 using traded-in F3A #1522 (built in January 1948 as #1416A, later to #1416, then #1522), retired and sold in February 1972 to the Rock Island as #4158, traded in to EMD in mid-1976 (on what Order?). Original photographer (was this taken by Terry Wegmann?), location, and date are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521264



Sources:

1. UP roster info from Don Strack's website: http://utahrails.net/up/uprr-index.php

2. CRI&P disposition for #4158 from: http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/

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Next Four UP Slides:

Photo #13: E9A #959 (2nd) leads train #104, the eastbound City of Los Angeles, into Green River, WY, on October 15th, 1967. The #959 (2nd) was built in September 1955, was retired in September 1971 (leased to Amtrak at that time?), was sold to Amtrak in July 1972 as #432, was retired in 1980 (when??; listed by Warner as retired in July 1981), and was sold for scrap in June 1981 to the Precision National Corporation in Mount Vernon, IL. Photographer and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521265



Photo #14: A quartet of Centennials (#6904, #6917, #6930, and #6943) lead a manifest through Salt Lake City in June 1975. Photographer, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521266



Photo #15: Centennial #6924, high speed-geared SD40-2 #8015, and a SD45 are the power for a piggyback train in Cheyenne in August 1978. Photographer, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521267



Photo #16: GTEL's #3 and #3B are the power for a manifest passing under the C&S bridge in Cheyenne in May 1961. Photographer, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521268



Sources:

1. UP roster info from Don Strack's website: http://utahrails.net/up/uprr-index.php

2. "Amtrak by the Numbers" by David C. Warner and Elbert Simon (White River Productions, 2011)

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Next Four UP Slides:

Photo #17: E9A #951, E9B #963B, and E9A #949 are the power for a passenger special running eastbound on the ex-(second) WP line over Altamont Pass, and are doing a photo runby east of Altamont, in July 1994. The right-of-way of the SP, nee-(first) WP line can be seen on the far right. Photographer, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521269



Photo #18: Challenger #3985 doing a photo runby in July 1992, also on the ex-(second) WP Altamont Line, exact location unknown. Photographer, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521270



Photo #19: LA&SL 4-10-2 #5092 and UP FA-1 #1613 in Victorville. The #5092 was built by Alco-Brooks in June 1926 as the three-cylindered LA&SL #8801 (serial #66727), was converted to two cylinders in December 1942 as #5092, and was vacated from the roster in March 1954. The #1613 was built in October 1947 as #1513A, was renumbered in 1948, was retired in May 1965 and traded in to EMD (on what Order??). This slide is apparently from the Tom Gildersleeve Collection, and it is also marked "J. Lytle", so I don't know if it was taken by Gildersleeve or Lytle. Does anybody know who "J. Lytle" is/was? Thanks in advance! Date and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521271



Photo #20: OSL motorcar #M-69 and UP trailer #T-14 in Plainville, KS, on September 29th, 1956. The #M-69 was a Brill Model 350 built in September 1930 in Order #22866, along with #M-70. It was retired in June 1958. The #T-14 was 1 of 8 trailers (#T-10 to #T-17) built by Pullman in December 1928 (the Lot and Plan/Floorplan numbers are unknown), retirement date is unknown. Photographer and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521272



Sources:

1. UP roster info from Don Strack's website: http://utahrails.net/up/uprr-index.php

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Next Four UP Slides:

Photo #21: Depot in Hood River, OR, in July 1995, actually taken by Paul Frantz. At that time, Amtrak's Pioneer was still running, and even though that train has been gone now for 19 years, this depot is still used by Iowa Pacific's Mount Hood RR (1 of their engines, 2 of their cabooses, and 1 of their ex-UP Harriman [Common Standard] coaches can be seen in the background above the roof of the depot). Exact date is unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521274



Photo #22: #951, #963B, and #949 are westbound with the same passenger special over Altamont Pass seen in photo #17, in July 1994. This is the bridge located just east of the community of Altamont. Photographer, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521275



Photo #23: This is an Ektachrome slide of 4-12-2 #9032, which was built by Alco in July 1929 and was vacated from the roster in November 1954. Photographer, location, and date are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521276



Photo #24: 10RM-6DB sleeper Pacific Castle in Denver, on March 19th, 1963. The Pacific Castle was built by Budd in January 1950 in Lot #9660-039 to Plan #9522, was intended to receive #1407 in circa August 1969, but it was not applied, and it was sold in December 1971 to Amtrak as #2605. The Pacific Castle was 1 of 12 of these Pacific-series sleepers converted to head end power in 1980-1981 and modified for handicap accessibility (this was the third of three batches of HEP conversions of the Pacific-series cars). 2 cars were converted in June 1980, the other 10 were converted between September and January 1981; the Pacific Castle was converted in September as #2438. The Pacific Castle was retired in November 2002, and the car's current status is unknown. Does anybody have info on the car's current whereabouts? Thanks in advance! Photographer and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521277



Sources:

1. UP roster info from Don Strack's website: http://utahrails.net/up/uprr-index.php

2. "Streamliner Cars Volume Two: The Budd Company" by W. David Randall (RPC Publications, 1981)

3. Tom Madden's Pullman Project CCR database: http://pullmanproject.com/Database.htm

4. "Amtrak by the Numbers" by David C. Warner and Elbert Simon (White River Productions, 2011)

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Next Four UP Slides:

Photo #25: GTEL's #3 and #3B are the power for a 106 car manifest at Emkay, WY, in September 1962. Photographer, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521278



Photo #26: #951, #963B, and #949 on the same passenger special over Altamont Pass in July 1994 seen in photos #17 and #22, this time running eastbound, going over the bridge just east of Vasco/Ulmar. The ROW of the SP, nee-(first) WP line can be seen up on the hillside on the left, and in the center-left background where it goes underneath I-580. Photographer, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521279



Photo #27: business car UPP #103 Cheyenne, on July 17th, 1992. It was built by P-S in March 1956 in Lot #6959 to Plan #4199 as the 5DB sleeper-Redwood club lounge Baker, and was rebuilt in September 1965 to business car #102 (3rd). In June 1968, it was renumbered to #103 (6th), was renumbered again in 1987 (which month??) to #106 (3rd), and was renumbered a third time in 1989 (which month??) to UPP #103 and named Cheyenne. Assigned #800806. Photographer, location, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521280



Photo #28: caboose #25667 brings up the rear of a piggyback train. #25667 was 1 of 100 (#25600-#25699) Class CA-9 cabooses built by International between March and August 1967; the #25667 was built in June and was retired in March 1985, no further disposition info. Photographer, location, date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521281



Sources:

1. UP roster info from Don Strack's website: http://utahrails.net/up/uprr-index.php

2. "Streamliner Cars Volume One: Pullman Standard" by W. David Randall (RPC Publications, 1981)

3. Tom Madden's Pullman Project CCR database: http://pullmanproject.com/Database.htm

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Next Four UP Slides:

Photo #29: FA-1 #1603 at Alray, CA. The #1603 was built in July 1947 as #1503A, was renumbered in 1948, was retired in February 1965 and traded in to EMD (on what Order??). This slide is apparently from the Tom Gildersleeve Collection, and it is also marked "J. Lytle", so I don't know if it was taken by Gildersleeve or Lytle. Does anybody know who "J. Lytle" is/was? Thanks in advance! Date and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521282



Photo #30: SP E9A #6051, UP #951, and AT&SF F7A #347C are lined up for the 50th anniversary of Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, on May 6th, 1989. This slide was apparently taken by "J. Jaffe". Does anybody know who "J. Jaffe" is/was? Thanks in advance! Film brand is unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521283



Photo #31: GTEL #63 is eastbound at Archer, WY, in August 1957. Photographer, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521284



Photo #32: business car #100 (6th). It was built by P-S in 1950 in Lot #6844 to Plan #7617 as 44 seat leg rest chair #5446 and was rebuilt in April 1963 to business car #99 (2nd). In May 1965 it was renumbered to #100 (6th), was renumbered again in April 1986 to UPP #119, and was named Kenefick in 1988. First assigned #800564, now assigned #800808. Photographer, location, date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521285



Sources:

1. UP roster info from Don Strack's website: http://utahrails.net/up/uprr-index.php

2. "Streamliner Cars Volume One: Pullman Standard" by W. David Randall (RPC Publications, 1981)

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Next Four UP Slides:

Photo #33: E8A #928 going through the wash rack. #928 was built in July 1950, serial #10779, in Order #2019; it was retired on July 31st, 1980. The de-engined and de-motored #928 was donated on July 10th, 1981 to the Western Heritage Museum in Omaha, was damaged while stored outdoors, was sold in circa 2000 to a private owner, and was then moved to Cheyenne for use as a parts source. The owner planned/plans on eventually removing the cab and nose for display. Does anybody know if the front of #928 has since been removed as planned, or if the remainder of the body has yet been scrapped or otherwise disposed of? Thanks in advance! Photographer, location, date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521286



Photo #34: Aerotrain trainset #2 in commuter service on the Rock Island at Peoria, IL, but still numbered as #1000 from serving on the UP as the City of Las Vegas, between December 1956 and September 1957. Photographer, date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521287



Photo #35: side view of the front of E9A #946. #946 was built in June 1954, serial #19284, in Order #2058. In May 1971, it was leased to Amtrak as #423, was sold to Amtrak in September 1971, was retired by Amtrak in 1980, and was sold for scrap in June 1981 to the Precision National Corporation in Mount Vernon, IL. Photographer, location, date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521288



Photo #36: this is a Dick Wallin Ektachrome duplicate of U50C's #5026 and #5035 with an unidentified B unit and 3 SP EMD's (SD45, Tunnel Motor, SD45) in Echo Canyon. Date is unknown. Both of the U50C's were built in 1971 (June and September, serials #37279 and #37288 respectively) and were sold for scrap in June 1978 to the Erman Corporation in Turner, KS.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521289



Sources:

1. UP roster info from Don Strack's website: http://utahrails.net/up/uprr-index.php

2. "Amtrak by the Numbers" by David C. Warner and Elbert Simon (White River Productions, 2011)

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Additions and corrections are welcome. Thanks in advance.

The third unit in Photo #15 looks more like a GP40X than an SD45. The radiator configuration, and the large, flat silver-painted bit between the axles on the trucks that looks more like the HT-B truck than a C truck are the tip-offs. That would make it a unit from UP's #9000-9005 series.

I have no idea why on earth that stood out to me.

Fritz, thanks for the correction regarding the third unit in photo #15!

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Les,

I don't know for certain, but would suspect, that at one time UP had multiple examples of this sign located at stations across their system, but one survivor is located at their former station in Omaha, which is now the Durham Western Heritage Museum.

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Additions and corrections are welcome. Thanks in advance.

Next Four UP Slides:

Photo #37: depot at La Habra, CA, in use as the children's museum. Does anybody know the identity of the lightweight car seen on the far left? Thanks in advance! Photographer, date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521290



Photo #38: a #3985-led passenger special passes the depot at Colton, CA. Does anybody know which year/date this was? Thanks in advance! Photographer, date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521291



Photo #39: this is a Dick Wallin Ektachrome duplicate of E9A #948 with a southbound (Denver-bound) passenger train at LaSalle, CO. Could this be the southbound City of Denver? Thanks in advance! Date is unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521292



Photo #40: U28C #2800 with 2 B units. Photographer, location, date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521293



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Have a Merry Christmas!

Next Four UP Slides:

Photo #41: an E Unit-led passenger special somewhere in California. Photographer, location, date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521294



Photo #42: this is a Dick Wallin Ektachrome duplicate of U50 #51. Location and date are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521295



Photo #43: an A-B-A set of Erie-builts with a passenger train at Riverside, CA, on March 14th, 1954. Note the 4 heavyweight head end cars, including an RPO; at least the next 2 cars after the head end equipment are also heavyweights. Photographer and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521296



Photo #44: a set of GTEL's (#23 and #23B) are eastbound somewhere in Wyoming with a hot manifest (with a long string of reefers), on August 27th, 1967. Photographer, location, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521297



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Have a Merry Christmas!

Next Four UP Slides:

Photo #45: DDA40X Centennial #6946 and E9A #951, in September 1979. I thought this was Cheyenne, until I noticed the hill with pine and/or fir trees in the left background. Photographer, location, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521298



Photo #46: Big Boy #4000 eastbound at Dale, WY, on October 2nd, 1956. Photographer and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521299



Photo #47: this is an Ektachrome slide of a mixed branchline local, utilizing a road switcher and a Harriman (Common Standard or Turtleback)-style baggage-coach combine. Photographer, location, and date are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521300



Photo #48: a pair of Centennials (#6946 and #6906) lead a manifest over Cajon Pass, in March 1972. Photographer, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521301



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Have a Merry Christmas!

Last Two UP Slides:

That's it for the slides of various UP subjects from the (presumed) Paul Frantz Collection. I've got more slides to show, though, so expect more posts in this thread in the near future.

Photo #49: this slide is not of a UP subject, but it was part of the collection I acquired and it's very much worth including here. A quartet of WP covered wagons lead a manifest east over Altamont Pass, in February 1979. Photographer, exact date, and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521302



Photo #50: this is a Terry Wegmann slide of GP30 #830 in East Los Angeles, in September 1976. Exact date and film brand are unknown.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4521303



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Have a Merry Christmas!