On the date the F40PH must have failed and had to be dragged in. I always wondered what happens when HEP fails and there is no backup. Do the cars have some way of generating heat? Important to... (more)
Photo by Gary Zeitler, from my collection. Scapegoat?Maybe. A major wreck was determined to be caused by the trucks, at high speed, so the entire class was scrapped (oops, recycled). I have to ... (more)
At Union Pacific’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility in Kansas City, Missouri, several UP machinists wrestle with a drawbar after installing new draft gear in the front of UPY EMD GP15-1 No. 697 o... (more)
With dynamic brake grids needing replacing in Union Pacific GE C44-9W No. 9666, a machinist in UP’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility prepares to perform this maintenance up on the access panels o... (more)