There are only 17 SD50's (now shown as SD50M's) on Union Pacific's roster. All 17 are former Rio Grande units. Here is one fo the 17, UP 9847 (ex-UP 5098, ex-SP 5504, nee-DRGW 5504). Note the plate on the nose where the MARS lights were once located.
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A unit box train was holding on main one just west of Cheyenne, waiting for a track to open so the train could continue east. The train had a new ES44AC, an ex-DRGW SD50, and two SD70ACe's for power.
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An eastbound doublestack train makes heads toward Cheyenne with a perfectly exposed sky as a backdrop.
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About ten miles west of Cheyenne, this eastbound unit grain train (sometimes referred to as an "earthworm") is still on a clear signal on Main Two.
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An eastbound intermodal COFC train, led by two UP SD70Ms is running the "wrong way" on main one as it is approaching Cheyenne.
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In the background, a track coming from Speer Jct joins the two main tracks at Borie and this eastbound coal load continues toward Cheyenne.
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