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UP 6900
Title:  UP 6900
Description:  UP 6900 was retired 6/84 and donated to the City of Omaha, NE for display.
Photo Date:  7/16/1978  Upload Date: 3/11/2006 5:47:35 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6900(DDA40X)
Views:  3742   Comments: 6
UP 6900
Title:  UP 6900
Description:  UP's original Centennial unit screams west through Sutherland leading another Centennial and a "fast forty" SD40-2. Note that the UP mainline was still comprised of jointed rail at this time! UP 6900 was later retired 6/25/84 and donated to the City of Omaha where she is displayed in Kenefick Park. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/4/2009 3:57:14 PM
Location:  Sutherland, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6900(DDA40X)
Views:  1780   Comments: 2
UP 6900
Title:  UP 6900
Description:  The display at Kennefick Park.
Photo Date:  12/10/2015  Upload Date: 12/31/2016 10:08:06 AM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6900(DDA40X) UP 4023(4-8-8-4)
Views:  251   Comments: 1
UP 6909
Title:  UP 6909
Description:  UP 6909 was retired 6/25/84, traded in to EMD 8/86 and scrapped.
Photo Date:  8/14/1976  Upload Date: 3/11/2006 4:56:32 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6909(DDA40X)
Views:  2182   Comments: 3
UP 6910
Title:  UP 6910
Description:  Eastbound UP ascends Archer Hill east of Cheyenne.
Photo Date:  3/17/1979  Upload Date: 1/12/2007 1:51:37 PM
Location:  Archer, WY
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6910(DDA40X) UP 6918(DDA40X)
Views:  2349   Comments: 1
UP 6911
Title:  UP 6911
Description:  A fast UP pig train behind two Centennials sandwiching a "fast forty" SD40-2 zips through Sutherland. UP 6911 was retired 6/25/84, donated to the Mexican Institute of Technology in Mexico City 3/85. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/4/2009 4:47:11 PM
Location:  Sutherland, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6911(DDA40X)
Views:  1085   Comments: 1
UP 6912
Title:  UP 6912
Description:  UP 6912 works with two SD40-2s on an eastbound manifest near Summit. One of the 25 Centennials refurbished and returned to service in the Spring of 1984, she was retired for good 5/85 and loaned to the Feather River Rail Society of Portola, CA where she was stripped of usable parts, then sold for scrap to Durbano of Ogden, UT 5/87. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 1/28/2010 7:02:09 PM
Location:  Silverwood, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6912(DDA40X)
Views:  1263   Comments: 10
UP 6913
Title:  UP 6913
Description:  Centennials westbound on Sherman Hill make an SD40 sandwich.
Photo Date:  6/27/1976  Upload Date: 3/11/2006 4:43:39 PM
Location:  Buford, WY
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6913(DDA40X)
Views:  1998   Comments: 2
UP 6914
Title:  UP 6914
Description:  Ummm, beer! The OMW rolls past a Coors beer distributorship at Portola. She'll get a crew change and soon be on her way down the canyon. UP 6914 was one of the 25 Centennials refurbished and returned to service in the Spring of 1984. Retired for good in May 1985, she was traded in to EMD and scrapped 8/86. UP 9003 was later UP 93, UP 975, retired 5/01, sold to NRE 3/02, rebuilt 6/05 by NRE to GP38-2 CP 4522. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2010 10:41:01 AM
Location:  Portola, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6914(DDA40X) UP 9003(GP40X)
Views:  1106   Comments: 5
UP 6917
Title:  UP 6917
Description:  UP 6917 was retired 5/29/85 and sold for scrap to St. Louis Auto Shredding in 10/85.
Photo Date:  3/13/1977  Upload Date: 3/18/2007 9:51:56 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6917(DDA40X)
Views:  1202   Comments: 1
UP 3977
Title:  UP 3977
Description:  Nice display at Cody Park in North Platte includes UP Challenger 3977, UP Centennial 6922, and the depot from nearby Hershey, NE.
Photo Date:  7/17/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:43:07 AM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 3977(4-6-6-4) UP 6922(DDA40X)
Views:  337   Comments: 1
UP 6922
Title:  UP 6922
Description:  UP Centennial 6922 was last used on an Intermountain Chapter NRHS excursion special between Denver and Speer, Wyoming on October 19, 1984; was donated to City of North Platte, Nebraska on June 23, 1985, delivered in August 1985, and displayed at Cody Park (this info from utahrails.net)
Photo Date:  7/17/2017  Upload Date: 7/18/2017 9:54:35 AM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6922(DDA40X)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
UP 6924
Title:  UP 6924
Description:  One of the 25 Centennials refurbished and returned to service during the Spring of 1984, UP 6924 was descending the south track on Cajon Pass with a westbound intermodal in this view. Retired for good 5/85, she was traded in to EMD and scrapped 8/86. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 1/28/2010 7:30:15 PM
Location:  Silverwood, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6924(DDA40X)
Views:  1177   Comments: 5
UP 6925
Title:  UP 6925
Description:  Former UP Centennial sits derelict on the Ringneck & Western at Chamberlain.
Photo Date:  5/21/2023  Upload Date: 6/4/2023 4:39:12 PM
Location:  Chamberlain, SD
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6925(DDA40X)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
UP 6930
Title:  UP 6930
Description:  UP 6930 at IRM. The wall in the foreground is from the old Soo Line freight station in Minneapolis which spelled out the full name, MStP&SSM. Amazing how far back you have to go in order to get a broadside view of a DDA40X.
Photo Date:  7/24/2016  Upload Date: 8/8/2016 11:38:57 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6930(DDA40X)
Views:  211   Comments: 1
UP 6931
Title:  UP 6931
Description:  One of the 25 Centennials refurbished and returned to service during the Spring of 1984, UP 6931 was working up Cajon Pass as the trailing unit on an eastbound intermodal in this view. Retired for good 5/85, she was traded in to EMD and scrapped 5/86. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 1/28/2010 6:50:58 PM
Location:  Silverwood, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6931(DDA40X)
Views:  713   Comments: 2
UP 6932
Title:  UP 6932
Description:  UP 6932 was traded in to EMD 6/84, scrapped 5/86
Photo Date:  7/16/1978  Upload Date: 3/11/2006 5:47:19 PM
Location:  Hermosa, WY
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6932(DDA40X)
Views:  1056   Comments: 2
UP 6934
Title:  UP 6934
Description:  Eastbound priority pig train drops down the Blue Mountain grade near Motanic siding. UP 6934 was retired 5/16/85, traded in to EMD and scrapped, 8/86. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/5/2010 6:43:37 PM
Location:  Motanic, OR
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6934(DDA40X)
Views:  655   Comments: 5
UP 6936
Title:  UP 6936
Description:  Long before her days as a celebrity, UP 6936 is shown in a Mutt & Jeff lashup with GP35 747 on a westbound at North Platte. UP 6936 was withdrawn from regular freight service and transferred to the Heritage Fleet 5/6/85. UP 747 was not so lucky. Retired 6/25/85, she went to the AAR test facility in Pueblo, CO. Disposition unknown. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/8/2009 9:33:01 AM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6936(DDA40X) UP 747(GP35)
Views:  2120   Comments: 2
UP 6936
Title:  UP 6936
Description:  UP's Donation Special on the IAIS crosses the Iowa River at Iowa City
Photo Date:  11/19/2022  Upload Date: 11/22/2022 9:25:44 PM
Location:  Iowa City, IA
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6936(DDA40X)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
UP 6936
Title:  UP 6936
Description:  UP's Donation Special on the IAIS.
Photo Date:  11/19/2022  Upload Date: 11/22/2022 9:26:24 PM
Location:  Durant, IA
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6936(DDA40X)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
UP 6936
Title:  UP 6936
Description:  UP's Donation Special on the IAIS crosses a bridge with Rock Island lettering.
Photo Date:  11/19/2022  Upload Date: 11/22/2022 9:27:46 PM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6936(DDA40X)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
UP 6936
Title:  UP 6936
Description:  Inside the RHMA shop.
Photo Date:  11/20/2022  Upload Date: 11/23/2022 6:00:06 PM
Location:  Silvis, IL
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
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Locomotives:  UP 6936(DDA40X)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
UP 6938
Title:  UP 6938
Description:  A pair of Centennials cruises east through Sutherland enroute to Bailey Yard in North Platte. UP 6938 was retired May 25, 1985, cosmetically restored and displayed at Jenks Shops in North Little Rock, AR, 11/89. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/7/2009 7:19:02 PM
Location:  Sutherland, NE
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6938(DDA40X)
Views:  1408   Comments: 2
UP 6941
Title:  UP 6941
Description:  One of the 25 Centennials refurbished and returned to service during the Spring of 1984, UP 6941 was approaching the east portal of Chilcoot Tunnel with a late-running OMW in this view. Retired for good 5/85, she was traded in to EMD and scrapped 8/86. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 1/29/2010 9:21:41 PM
Location:  Reno Junction, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6941(DDA40X)
Views:  396   Comments: 2
UP 6941
Title:  UP 6941
Description:  One of the 25 Centennials refurbished and returned to service during the Spring of 1984, UP 6941 was about to duck into the east portal of Chilcoot Tunnel with the OMW in this view. Retired for good 5/85, she was traded in to EMD and scrapped 8/86. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 1/29/2010 9:23:38 PM
Location:  Reno Junction, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6941(DDA40X)
Views:  624   Comments: 2
UP 6941
Title:  UP 6941
Description:  Not quite enough light to get a sharp photo of the 6941 at twilight on Kodachrome 64 as she streaks toward a crew change at Portola with the OMW. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1984  Upload Date: 1/29/2010 9:49:23 PM
Location:  Beckwourth, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6941(DDA40X)
Views:  468   Comments: 3
UP 6942
Title:  UP 6942
Description:  An interesting helper consist of DDA40X/GP38-2/SD40-2/C30-7 is entrained in this eastbound. UP 6942 was retired 5/16/85, traded in to EMD and scrapped 8/86. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/6/2010 5:55:52 PM
Location:  Kamela, OR
Author:  Brian Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6942(DDA40X)
Views:  733   Comments: 3
UP 6943
Title:  UP 6943
Description:  The OMW heads into the setting sun at Sloat. UP 6943 was retired 5/16/85, traded in to EMD and scrapped 8/86. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1984  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 1:05:42 PM
Location:  Sloat, CA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
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Locomotives:  UP 6943(DDA40X)
Views:  952   Comments: 4


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