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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:EMD SD40-2Built As:UP 8046 (SD40-2)
Serial Number:767021-12Order No:767021
Frame Number:767021-12Built:7/1976
Notes:blt 7/76, ex-UP 8046, ret 4/96
Other locos with this serial:  UP 3100(SD40-2) UP 3097(SD40-2) UP 8046(SD40-2) UP 3316(SD40-2) UP 1896(SD40N) UP 1684(SD40N)
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Eastbound Rocket Train
Title:  Eastbound Rocket Train
Description:  Union Pacific SD40-2 3316 was powering an eastbound ROCKET TRAIN on the CSX at the Louisa Street grade crossing in New Orleans. A Norfolk Southern crew had just brought the train about 10 miles from the Kansas City Southern and now a CSX crew was on board. The space shuttle rocket motor sections were on their way from the Morton-Thiokol plant at Corinne, Utah to the KENNEDY SPACE CENTER at Cape Canaveral, Florida via the UP to Kansas City, KCS to Shreveport, CSX to Jacksonville, FEC to Titusville, and they completed their journey on NASA’s own railroad. The 8-axle ROCKET CARS usually moved in regular trains, but loaded cars sometimes ran as special movements like this.

The train consisted of MP covered hopper 722984, SCL rocket car 109103, KCS rocket car 710032, MP covered hopper 710787, UP rocket car 50031, UP covered hopper 74487, UP rocket car 50021, UP covered hopper 221345, MP caboose 13060, and private car 800313 VIRGINIA CITY. The covered hoppers and the first rocket car were empty "buffer" cars.

UP 3316 was an unusual long-nose SNOOT unit, with an interesting history. It was built in July 1976 as the 8046, one of 100 UP SD40-2's specially equipped with 59:18 (80 mph) high-speed gearing. In August 1980 it was refitted with regular 62:15 (65 mph) gearing and renumbered 3316. In April 1996 it received a special paint scheme for use on the UP's Olympic Torch Relay Train and was renumbered 1896; then, in November of that year, it was repainted back into the standard UP paint scheme and renumbered 3100, and on 6 November 2002 it was renumbered UP 3097.
Photo Date:  7/7/1980  Upload Date: 3/20/2021 12:48:09 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3316(SD40-2)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
MP 3031, and UP 2147 and 3316
Title:  MP 3031, and UP 2147 and 3316
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/1989  Upload Date: 11/4/2007 7:32:27 AM
Location:  Little Rock, AR
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 3031(SD40) UP 2147(GP38-2) UP 3316(SD40-2)
Views:  657   Comments: 2
UP 3316
Title:  UP 3316
Description:  UP 3316 - SD-40-2 - Laramie WY
Photo Date:  1/1/1990  Upload Date: 12/23/2013 9:04:23 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Don Hinchliffe
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3316(SD40-2)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
UP 5112
Title:  UP 5112
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/2012  Upload Date: 4/25/2012 7:07:47 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5112(SD70M) UP 3316(SD40-2) UP 8403(SD70ACe) UP 8737(SD70ACe)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
UP 3316
Title:  UP 3316
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/2012  Upload Date: 4/25/2012 7:13:16 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3316(SD40-2) UP 8403(SD70ACe) UP 8530(SD70ACe)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
UP 3316
Title:  UP 3316
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/2012  Upload Date: 4/25/2012 7:23:06 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3316(SD40-2) UP 8738(SD70ACe) UP 8737(SD70ACe)
Views:  320   Comments: 0
UP 3316
Title:  UP 3316
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/2012  Upload Date: 4/25/2012 7:27:41 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3316(SD40-2) UP 8403(SD70ACe) UP 4013(SD70M)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
UP 3316
Title:  UP 3316
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2012  Upload Date: 5/3/2012 5:01:43 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3316(SD40-2)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
UP 8141
Title:  UP 8141
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/17/2012  Upload Date: 5/31/2012 4:12:51 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8141(SD9043MAC) UP 3316(SD40-2)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
UP 3316
Title:  UP 3316
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/17/2012  Upload Date: 5/31/2012 4:15:42 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3316(SD40-2) UP 9799(C44-9W)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
UP Y705
Title:  UP Y705
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/23/2012  Upload Date: 9/24/2012 5:30:08 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Brandon Warnick
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UPY 705(GP15-1) UP 7973(AC45CCTE) UP 7995(AC45CCTE) UP 8015(AC45CCTE) UP 5154(SD70M) UP 7675(AC45CCTE) UP 4982(SD70M) UP 8059(SD9043MAC) UP 8233(SD9043MAC) UP 8151(SD9043MAC) UP 6176(AC44CW) UP 7493(AC45CCTE) UP 6388(AC44CW) UP 3078(SD40-2) UP 3316(SD40-2) UP 3105(SD40-2) UP 7978(AC45CCTE) UP 3117(SD40-2)
Views:  1438   Comments: 0
UP 3316
Title:  UP 3316
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/19/2013  Upload Date: 1/27/2013 7:58:23 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3316(SD40-2)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
UP 3316
Title:  UP 3316
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/26/2013  Upload Date: 7/23/2013 10:15:42 PM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Neil Stutzman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3316(SD40-2)
Views:  229   Comments: 1
UP 3316
Title:  UP 3316
Description:  SD40-2 getting serviced at Proviso
Photo Date:  7/16/2013  Upload Date: 7/20/2013 11:46:11 AM
Location:  Northlake, IL
Author:  Scott Clay
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 3316(SD40-2)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
UP 3316
Title:  UP 3316
Description:  East Hump.
Photo Date:  9/20/2013  Upload Date: 11/2/2013 11:11:54 PM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Richard Marchi
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 3316(SD40-2) UPY 822(SD38-2)
Views:  345   Comments: 1
UP 3316
Title:  UP 3316
Description:  East Hump.
Photo Date:  9/20/2013  Upload Date: 11/2/2013 11:18:54 PM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Richard Marchi
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 3316(SD40-2) UPY 822(SD38-2)
Views:  357   Comments: 1


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