Camo Geeps. Both UP 1373 (née-Southern Pacific 3198, EMD, GP40P-2, 11/1974) and UP 1394 (née-SSW 7638, EMD, GP40-2, 1/1979) were sitting in J Yard near East 25th Street on the morning of ... (more)
Down By The River. On April 13, 2022, UP 1373 (née-Southern Pacific 3198, EMD, GP40P-2, 11/1974) was leaving UP’s 4th Street Yard on job YJY68 after interchanging its empties for loaded ... (more)
Box Pulling. Returning from City Fiber Inc. in Vernon, California with a box car, UP 1373 (née-Southern Pacific 3198, EMD, GP40P-2, 11/1974) crosses East 23rd Street in Los Angeles, Califo... (more)
LA Times Delivery. After printing newspapers at its Olympic Blvd. location since it was built in 1988, the LA Times itself announced in late 2022 that the plant will shut down in 2024. The ... (more)
A tied up train awaits a recrew by the YLA63R crew on the former San Pedro Sub main, which was once UP's primary access point to the Ports of LA and Long Beach. A former SP GP40P-2 rebuild is the ... (more)
The Torrance Local returns to Los Angeles with GP40P-2 carbody 1373 in charge. Unfortunately, while this rare unit was freshly repainted and overhauled 11-12 months ago, it was heavily tagged in s... (more)
A rebuilt GP40P-2 and GP15-1 are tied up on the San Pedro Sub awaiting a recrew by the YLA63R. It's unusual for clean, untagged power on these jobs so this was a nice surprise.
It’s not every day that you see a one car train with three units for power in Utah coal country. It’s even more unusual when the train has a 4 axle GP40P-2 leading. There were only 3 of this m... (more)
After spending most of the summer working in local service out of Helper Yard, UP GP40P-2 No. 1373 finds itself assigned to an RCL switch job at North Yard in Salt Lake City. The 1373 is from a cl... (more)
33.3% of the world's production of EMD GP40P-2's heads up the once-famous Dirt Train as they make an oil pickup at Savage's Price River Terminal - a former coal mine now used to loading Uintah Bas... (more)
A overview of the heart of Helper City from a hill west of town. Union Pacific's former Rio Grande Yard, the engine shop, and the Amtrak Station are all in check on this May 29, 2015 afternoon. A ... (more)
Union Pacific GP40P-2 No. 1373 rests among the spectacular Book Cliffs at Helper on May 29, 2015. It is from a class of three production units built by EMD for the Southern Pacific in 1974. These ... (more)
North Yard was built to move trains. Once DRGW's main yard on the eastern end, then Southern Pacific's, and now Union Pacific. These two GP40's work locals out of this facility, and the SW's and G... (more)