Up Early Diesel To Late Merger Era

About
The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting marks UP, UPP, UPY) is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51,800 km) routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans.

In 1980 UP had 9,266 route-miles and 15,647 track-miles. But in 1982, UP acquired the Missouri Pacific and Western Pacific railroads, and 1988, the Missouri–Kansas–Texas. By 1993, Union Pacific had doubled its system to 17,385 miles (27,978 km) routes.

By then, few large (class I) railroads remained. The same year that Union Pacific merged with the Chicago and North Western (1995), Burlington Northern and ATSF announced merger plans. The impending BNSF amalgamation would leave one mega-railroad in control of the west.

To compete, UP merged with Southern Pacific, thereby incorporating D&RGW and Cotton Belt, and forming a duopoly in the West. The merged railroad took the Union Pacific name. As of 1999, the UP had 33,705 miles (54,243 km) of track, about 33,000 employees, nearly 7,000 locomotives and over 155,000 rail cars.



EMD/ EMC

DD 35, DD 35A


DDA40X


GP 7


GP 9, GP 9B


GP 15-1, GP 15AC


GP 20


GP 30, GP 30B


GP 35


GP 38, GP 38-2, GP 38AC


GP 39-2


GP 40, GP 40R, GP 40X, GP 40-2, GP 40P-2


GP 50


GP 60


SD 7


SD 24, SD 24B, SD 24M


SD40, SD40X, SD40-2, SD40-2S, SD40-2H, SD40T-2, SD40M-2


SD 45, SD 45 Sulzer, SD45T-2, SD45T-2R


SD 50


SD 60

 

SD 60M


SD 70M


SD 90MAC


FP7


SDP35



F3A, F3B


F7A, F7B


F9A, F9B


E2A, E2B


E3A, E3B


E6A, E6B


E7A, E7B


E8A, E8B


E9A, E9B


44 ton



NW2


SW7


SW9,


TR5A, TR5B


MP15DC, MP15AC

 

SW1500

GE

GTEL Gen 1


GTEL Gen 2


GTEL Gen 3


UM20B A, UM20B B


U25B


U28B


U28C


U30C


U50C


B23-7, B23-7M


B30-7A, B30-7M


B39-8


B40-8


C30-7


C36-7


C40-8


C40-8W


C41-8W


C44-9W

 

C44AC

ALCO

FA-1, FB-1


C855A, C855B


PA-1, PB-1


RS-27


C-630


RSC-2


S-2, S-4


RS-1


RS-2


HH-1000

Fairbanks

Erie built A, Erie built B


H10-44


H15-44


H16-44


H20-44

Baldwin

VO-1000


DS-4-4-1000


DRS-6-4-1500


AS-616

 

Other

SW10


steam 4-8-4, 844, FEF series


Steam 4-6-6-4, 3985, Challenger

 

Knowing DTG, they would just slap paint on the C40-8W, SD40-2, and GP38-2, throw it on Sherman Hill with the current cars and call it a day.

 

You also forgot to include the #4014 and other Big Boys, as well as the 4-12-2s for steam. Maybe a 2-8-8-0 "Bull Moose", 2-8-8-2, etc. I still want the DDA40X and Gas Turbines in game. The SD90s (and also AC6000CWs/C4460ACs) are a must for me, too. Also, I love GP30s (like #844, which I got to be the engineer on a few years ago; so awesome!) As for other UP routes, I'd suggest the following:
-UP/SP Donner Pass (1990s-early 2000s)
-UP Feather River Canyon (1980s-early 2000s)
-UP Evanston Sub: Ogden, UT-Green River, WY
-UP North Platte-Omaha, NE; include UP's massive Bailey Yard in North Platte