UP 1458

Tied down at Garnett Rd., just east of the UP Tulsa yard

Tied down at Garnett Rd., just east of the UP Tulsa yard old MKT Muskogee line

UP 1458, one of three GPs for local power

Switch crew at work!

730 was built for the Missouri Pacific in 1980 (and has been painted since then).

This locomotive has been fixed up; check out how it looked in this photo: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=199076

1458 was built for the Cotton Belt in 1966.

Power for local jobs sits in the yard at Muskogee. Quite a group.

After swapping cars at the South Dallas OxyChem plant, UP 1458 GP40-2 uses the BNSF main to return to home rails then Miller Yard. Electro-Motive built this locomotive for St. Louis Southwestern as SSW 7602 GP40 in February 1966, then was rebuilt as SSW 7961 GP40R in 1981 and paired to work with SP road slugs. On July 20, 2001, it was patched as UP 1458 and reclassified a GP40-2 by Union Pacific. Four years later while in a siding at Shepard, TX it was involved in a collision and reportedly scrapped on site but it apparently was rebuilt and returned to service in full UP dress.

A pretty clean UP 1458 GP40-2 poses for a photo between switch moves in South Dallas. Delivered to St. Louis Southwestern, better known as Cotton Belt, as SSW 7602 GP40 in February 1966, Southern Pacific rebuilt this unit as SSW 7961 GP40R in 1981 and equipped it to work with SP road slugs. On July 20, 2001, it was patched as UP 1458 working in gray and red paint until September 15, 2005, when it was involved in a collision at Shepard, TX. It was reported scrapped on site but it appears to have been repaired, repainted, and returned to service wearing the same number.

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