Appearantly UP #7605 is wearing a GE promotional paint scheme. Here's a quote from elsewhere: Definately gives another something different to photograph!
My nickname for the UP variety is Big Cats. Some would call 'em GEVOs, but I like Big Cats better. Goes with the Big Aces (SD70MACe) they run. Is there a pic of this diesel somewhere?
Cool looking engine. That looks like Jenks blue paint. Putting on some chevrons, buzz saws and screaming eagles would improve the looks a lot
The ES44DC and ES44AC prototype test units, 2011 and 2005, both still exist. This unit is neither of those, it is a UP ES44AC painted in GE paint.
The 7605 is heading across Wyoming as we speak. It is due into Green River around 8:30. Anyone hoping to get a shot of it in Utah or Nevada!!!??? I was hoping to get a shot but I had to work and could not make it up to WY today. The only drawback for a photo is that it is the trailing unit. Happy hunting. Hope someone gets a shot!
How dare they! Make you work, when you have better things to do! I seriously doubt it will make it into my neck of the woods...
UP 7605 After repeated new show times and after staking out the UP Cima sub for over 16 hours I came away with this minor glimspe of UP 7605 sandwiched between a west bound grain train on main#3 and as the number #3 engine of this west bound consist on main #2. I would of crossed over and got a broadside view but the new special agents now have a no tolerance policy and either arrest or cite any one on property now so I didn't push the shot. Especially with the two of admiring the new engine on the east side of the tracks.
GE is making a presention in a number of west coast cities during the remaining weeks of this month. Please note the attached news bullitin: OMAHA, Neb. & ERIE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)----Union Pacific and General Electric today announced the Green Locomotive Technology Tour to showcase current and experimental technologies that are helping reduce locomotive emissions. The environmental rail tour will wind through California Feb. 20 - 28 with planned stops in West Colton, Fresno, Stockton, Roseville, Oakland, Los Angeles and Long Beach. At each stop, UP and GE representatives will brief federal, state and local air quality officials, regulatory and elected officials, and high school students on the companies' leading-edge emissions reduction technologies. Guests will also receive an overview of fuel conservation initiatives and railroad safety practices along with an on-board tour of environmentally friendly locomotives. "This tour is truly a rolling environmental laboratory that is displaying the proven technology we're using today and the experimental technology we're testing to help lower locomotive emissions and improve fuel economy," said Jim Young, chairman and chief executive officer, Union Pacific. "We stand by our commitment to improve the environment while delivering the products Americans need." By the end of 2007 Union Pacific will have invested more than $5 billion to purchase new, environmentally friendly locomotives, and will have invested millions of dollars to test technologies that reduce emissions from older locomotives. Trains, like those operated by Union Pacific, are already one of the nation's most environmentally friendly modes of moving freight - and are three times more fuel efficient than over-the-road trucks. Investment in new technology and infrastructure have made the railroad industry environmentally "cleaner and greener" than ever before. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a typical over-the-road truck emits three times more nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulates per ton-mile than a locomotive. According to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, if just 10 percent of intercity freight now moving by highway were shifted to rail, 2.5 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide would be emitted into the air. "GE Transportation is proud to partner with Union Pacific on this environmental tour through California," said John M. Dineen, president and CEO, GE Transportation. "This tour demonstrates our commitment to protecting the environment by investing in technologies like GE's Evolution Series locomotive and other fuel-saving technologies. Together, our efforts are establishing a gold standard in the industry for investing in new, reliable technologies that continue to reduce emissions and improve fuel savings." Green Locomotive Technology Tour Featured Locomotives: -- GE Evolution. GE Transportation invested more than $300 million and eight years of research and development in the GE Evolution Series over-the-road diesel locomotive. The result is an evolutionary diesel locomotive that incorporates the best of existing, proven diesel locomotive engineering with new advanced technologies. To date, Evolution Series technology has yielded 24 U.S. patents, 13 patents pending and 18 invention disclosures. -- Genset switcher. UP is pioneering the new low-emission Genset switch locomotive for use in rail yards. The locomotive uses modified, Tier 3 certified off-road diesel engines and is expected to reduce NOx and particulate matter emissions by as much as 80 to 90 percent while achieving a 16 percent reduction in fuel consumption. The railroad began testing a prototype of the Genset in Long Beach in 2006; the first production unit was delivered to the Los Angeles Basin rail yards in January 2007; UP expects to have more than 160 Gensets in operation by the end of 2007. -- Oxicat long-haul locomotive. UP is field testing an experimental oxidation catalyst (Oxicat) filter on a high-horsepower long-haul locomotive built in June 1989. The Oxicat, which operates much like a catalytic converter on today's cars and trucks, was installed inside the diesel engine's exhaust manifold to reduce emissions. During static testing using ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel, particulate emissions were reduced by approximately 50 percent with the Oxicat installed. A yearlong field test of the Oxicat is underway in the Los Angeles area. This is North America's first older long-haul diesel locomotive modified with this particular after-market technology. -- DPF low-horsepower yard locomotive. A diesel particulate filter (DPF) has been retrofitted on a low-horsepower UP yard locomotive built in November 1982. The DPF uses high temperature silicon carbide blocks to trap particulate matter in the exhaust and lower emissions. During static testing, particulate emissions were reduced 80 percent with the DPF installed. A yearlong field test of the DPF is underway in UP's Oakland rail yard. This is the North America rail industry's first experimental use of after-market technology on a yard locomotive. Green Locomotive Technology Tour Schedule: February 20 West Colton - 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Union Pacific West Colton Rail Yard 19100 Slover Avenue Bloomington, CA 92316 February 21 Fresno - 9:30 a.m. - Noon Union Pacific Rail Yard 3135 N. Weber Ave. Fresno, CA 93705Stockton - 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Union Pacific Rail Yard 833 East 8th Street Stockton, CA 95206 February 22 Roseville - 10 a.m. - Noon J.R. Davis Rail Yard 9451 Atkinson St. Roseville, CA 95747 February 23 Oakland - 10 a.m. - Noon Union Pacific Rail Yard 1400 Middle Harbor Road Oakland, CA 94607 February 24 Los Angeles - Noon - 4 p.m. Los Angeles Union Station 800 North Alameda St. Los Angeles, CA 90012February 26 - 27 Long Beach - Noon - 4 p.m. Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) 2401 E. Sepulveda Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90810
from the UP web site a SD-60M is being used in the Los Angeles Basin. As to it's use as a Long Haul hauler it appears to be used in the Los Angeles only, I can only assume that it being used between the docks and either Los Angeles proper or West Colton.
