UP 3533 waits at the Argo engine facility for it’s next assignment in Seattle, Washington on January 23, 1988.
UP 3533 is an EMD SD40-2. SD40-2′s were everywhere on the UP at this time and I almost forgot to take pictures of them, especially when other interesting locomotives were around. Remember, 1988 was in film days so you had a limited number of exposures. At least I did, since the budget didn’t allow for many luxuries and grandma’s need to see pictures of the kids always took priority!
Photo by David Cooley
Norfolk Southern units occasionally appear out West on BNSF. Here NS 3187 assists a westbound Stampede train at East Auburn, Washington, on July 16, 1997. Note the high short hood.
NS 3187 is a pre-Dash 2 SD40 built for the Southern Railroad.
Photo by David J. Cooley.
Illinois Central 6071 on a northbound BNSF manifest freight, waits for the Seattle Sounder at Willis Street in Kent, Washington, on Oct. 30, 2005.
IC 6071 is a remanufactured EMD SD40-2R and was originally built as the protoype SD40 on an SD35 frame as EMDX 434. It then went to Gulf, Mobile & Ohio GMO 950, then to Illinois Central Gulf ICG 6071 and finally to IC 6071.
Locomotive data: Illinois Central Photo Album.
