Here's the face of a rather unique unit. In the 1950's and 1960's, Union Pacific took delivery of a total of 54 turbine locomotives. The units lasted about 15 years and only two are preserved today. One of them is at the Utah State Railway Museum in Ogden, UT.
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A look at the face of the only Rio Grande SD40-2 (to date) that will be preserved. The original number boards on 5371 went missing when the unit was sent to Cheyenne after it was retired in 2008. Union Pacific was good enough to find it some really nice replacements!
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You may or may not be aware that every unit that is produced by either EMD or GE has a unique frame number. If you can find the frame number, you can (theoretically) find which unit it originally belonged to. 756046-16 is the frame number for DRGW 5371.
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It's nice to know that at least one Rio Grande Tunnel Motor will be preserved. Union Pacific donated DRGW 5371 to the Utah State Railway Museum in Ogden, UT. Unfortunately, the museum does not have a lot of funds and the Tunnel Motor may never be restored to a "pristine" condition.
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The crew that spotted DRGW 5371 on track one at Ogden's Union Station (the location of the Utah State Railway Museum) did a fantastic job spotting it just perfectly so that it was in direct sunlight in the morning!
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Guess what unit made its way to Ogden in August 2009? Our old friend DRGW 5371, the only un-patched Rio Grande unit on Union Pacific's roster before being retired. It had been in Cheyenne, WY for over year, but has been moved to the Utah State Railway Museum. Union Pacific donated the unit to the museum.
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