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Past Additions -- 2000

5 January 2000

UP and Metra locomotives in the Waukegan (Illinois) UP yard this past weekend.

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Union Pacific 2962 GM EMD SD40-2 diesel-electric locomotive in the Waukegan UP locomotive yard.

UP 2962, UP, GM EMD SD40-2, UP locomotives, Locomotives, Ex CNW, photographed on 1 January 2000 at Waukegan UP locomotive yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera (with tripod) [railfan/2000/01/00101092.jpg] NEW 5 January 2000

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CNW 6813, model SD40-2, built 12/73, builder number 73665-3, C&NW paint scheme SYb [Safety yellow; "Sunburst" yellow, with Sans Serif block lettering, no sill stripe], renumbered to UP 2962. [Source: The Final North Western Motive Power Roster. Courtesy of The Run of the Ge's, The Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Library of Congress catalog card number 95-83545, 1995, page 83.]

C&NW 6813: Builder's Date: Dec 1973, Builder's Number: 73665-3. EMD SD40-2, 5 uints (6811-6815), C-C, 16-654E3 engine, 62:15 gear ratio, 3,000 horsepower, 383,000 pounds operating weight. Equipped with Automatic Train Control and Automat Train Stop. Equipped with dynamic braking. EMD order number 73665. [courtesy of Diesels of the Chicago & North Western, Paul K Withers, roster by Don Strack, Withers Publishing, ISBN 1-881411-07-0, 1995.]

UP 2962 was built in December 1973, GM EMD SD40-2, builder number 73665-03. Originally numbered C&NW 6813. Renumbered to UP 2962 on 27 December 1996. Equipped with C&NW Automatic Train Control and Automatic Train Stop. [courtesy of Union Pacific Locomotive Directory, Don Strack, Withers Publishing, ISBN 1-881411-16-8, 1998]

UP 2962: freight locomotive, EMD SD40-2, 3,000 hp. [courtesy of Roster of UPRR Locomotive Ownership, January 1, 1999.]

Equipment characteristics of UP 2962: AAR car type D125 (locomotive), external dimensions (length 68' 10", width 10' 4", height 15' 8"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, January 2000]

Chicago Rail Photographs collection updated 16 June 2025 at 07:05. Photographs and text copyright © 1998-2000 Harold A. Driscoll, All Rights Reserved. Email address is provided exclusively for personal contact, but emphatically not for use for SPAM net.abuse.