UP 1458

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.