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UP GP38-2 2256
Title:  UP GP38-2 2256
Description:  Union Pacific Railroad GP38-2 2256 crossing the North Fork of the White River in Norfork, Arkansas on June 28, 1990, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. I got the following information from the book, "The White River Railway", by Walter (Mike) Adams, Library of Congress Card # 91-91855, copyright 1991: In 1879, railroad magnate Jay Gould of the Union Pacific Railroad acquired stock control of the Missouri Pacific, becoming the MP's President. He quickly purchased stock in the Saint Louis Iron Mountain & Southern, and by 1881 purchased the StLIM&S outright. His objective now was to unite the two properties, so he had a survey drawn up for a connection paralleling the White River in Arkansas. Also on Gould's mind was the immense amount of freight carried on close to 100 barges per day on the White River, as well as zinc mines located along the proposed route. Upon Jay Gould's death in 1892, his eldest son, George J., took over, and the construction of the connecting railroad was organized as the White River Railway. By 1902, the material for this bridge had been floated up the White River by steamboat, although the exact site of the bridge had not yet been determined, and the railhead was still close to 35 miles to the south. The survey crews were looking at two possible routes through this area, one through Yellville (which had offered the railroad a $35,000 bonus, right-of-way through the county, a depot in Yellville, and the necessary land for sidings), and an alternate route through Mountain Home (which offered the railroad $40,000, free right-of-way, and a $10,000 depot to be built of Baxter County marble and the roof plated with Baxter County zinc). Yellville countered with $20,000 cash, 15 acres of land in Yellville, six acres of land for each depot built in the (Marion) county, and a $5,000 stone depot in Yellville. In the end, the railroad was routed along the White River, south of Mountain Home, and north of Yellville, crossing the White River at Cotter. Cotter (named for William Cotter, General Manager of the White River Railway) ultimately became a crew change point, a roundhouse was built, and a second story was added to the Cotter depot for a dispatcher's office. The company set up to promote and build Cotter was the Red Bud Realty Company, so perhaps there is more to this story. This particular bridge was originally surveyed to cross the North Fork (thus the town name of Norfork) of the White River at 397 feet above sea level, but orders came from Saint Louis to raise it to 408 feet. Construction of the bridge was completed in June, 1903. Even at that, this bridge would occasionally be under water during spring floods, until a dam was built about ten miles upstream in the 1940's. At the time of this photograph, the bridge was 88 years old. It has seen the trains of the StLIM&S, the MP, the UP, and now the M&NA. Today it is over 100 years old and still sees a few trains daily. The White River is not seen here but runs between the trees and the bluffs in the background.
Photo Date:  6/28/1990  Upload Date: 11/10/2010 3:28:49 PM
Location:  Norfork, AR
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  UP 2256(GP38-2) MP 2065(GP38-2)
Views:  875   Comments: 1
MP GP38-2 2065
Title:  MP GP38-2 2065
Description:  MP GP38-2 2065 at Cotter, Arkansas on July 23, 1990, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  7/23/1990  Upload Date: 5/23/2011 6:48:00 PM
Location:  Cotter, AR
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2065(GP38-2)
Views:  569   Comments: 0
MP 2066
Title:  MP 2066
Description:  local from Villa Grove stuck in snow drift
Photo Date:  1/31/1978  Upload Date: 4/14/2022 9:29:09 PM
Location:  Indianola, IL
Author:  Brian Knight
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 2066(GP38-2)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
MP 2069
Title:  MP 2069
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1978  Upload Date: 8/20/2004 4:29:04 PM
Location:  Nashville, AR
Author:  Jimmy Duncan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2069(GP38-2)
Views:  846   Comments: 0
Nashville branch
Title:  Nashville branch
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1978  Upload Date: 7/6/2004 8:27:15 PM
Location:  Nashville, AR
Author:  Jimmy Duncan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2069(GP38-2)
Views:  1013   Comments: 0
MP 2070
Title:  MP 2070
Description:  Local from Villa Grove enroute to Danville ILL on ex C&EI Westville Sub from color print lost negative
Photo Date:  8/21/1978  Upload Date: 4/14/2022 9:34:04 PM
Location:  Riola, IL
Author:  Brian Knight
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 2070(GP38-2)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
MP 2070
Title:  MP 2070
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/24/1990  Upload Date: 1/23/2013 7:00:28 PM
Location:  FORT WORTH DAVIDSON , TX
Author:  Bob Carter
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2070(GP38-2)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
MP 2072
Title:  MP 2072
Description:  MP GP38-2's 2072, 2022 and 2113 power a westbound transfer run from the railroad's Race Street Yard to its Avondale Yard. The train is on the New Orleans Public Belt, and is using the now-removed Fern Street Crossover. The grassy area on the right is the Mississippi River levee.
Photo Date:  5/9/1980  Upload Date: 2/10/2009 6:27:31 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 2072(GP38-2)
Views:  1036   Comments: 2
MP 2072
Title:  MP 2072
Description:  A ballast train on the DeSoto sub near Williamsville. MP 2072 was later HLCX 2072, UP 1827, UP 327. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  5/1/1982  Upload Date: 12/20/2009 4:05:17 PM
Location:  Williamsville, MO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 2072(GP38-2)
Views:  571   Comments: 3
MP Power
Title:  MP Power
Description:  GP38-2 2073, GP35 2509, and U23B 2264 rest at Race Street Yard, waiting to take a transfer run across the Mississippi River to Avondale Yard.
Photo Date:  12/2/1979  Upload Date: 2/12/2009 11:37:40 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 2073(GP38-2)
Views:  855   Comments: 0
L&N B23-7 5121
Title:  L&N B23-7 5121
Description:  L&N B23-7 5121 at Nashville, Tennessee on August 24, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  8/24/1982  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 2:05:25 PM
Location:  Nashville, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LN 5121(B23-7) MP 2073(GP38-2)
Views:  797   Comments: 0
L&N B23-7 5121
Title:  L&N B23-7 5121
Description:  L&N B23-7 5121 at Nashville, Tennessee on August 24, 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The track on the far left holds stored locomotives.
Photo Date:  8/24/1982  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 2:31:16 PM
Location:  Nashville, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LN 5006(SW1500) LN 4529(SD35) LN 5121(B23-7) MP 2073(GP38-2)
Views:  1078   Comments: 0
MP 2073
Title:  MP 2073
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/17/1983  Upload Date: 6/10/2006 7:54:46 AM
Location:  San Antonio, TX
Author:  Jay Glenewinkel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2073(GP38-2)
Views:  754   Comments: 1
MP GP38-2 2074
Title:  MP GP38-2 2074
Description:  MP GP38-2 2074 at Cotter, Arkansas on May 1, 1990, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 2074 was built in January 1973 as MP GP38-2 923 (c/n 71702-1), renumbered in 1974 to 2074 by the MP, assigned UP 2074, was wrecked in May 1994 at Chidester, Arkansas, retired by the UP in November 1994.
Photo Date:  3/1/1990  Upload Date: 7/17/2011 11:03:21 AM
Location:  Cotter, AR
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  MP 2074(GP38-2)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
CR 3275
Title:  CR 3275
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1986  Upload Date: 2/1/2008 2:22:37 AM
Location:  East Syracuse, NY
Author:  Sam Botts
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 3275(GP40-2) MP 2075(GP38-2)
Views:  1403   Comments: 1
MP 2075 at KC
Title:  MP 2075 at KC
Description:  Fred Krause photo
Photo Date:  8/17/1990  Upload Date: 8/16/2020 7:10:15 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Fred Krause
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2075(GP38-2)
Views:  347   Comments: 3
MP 2076
Title:  MP 2076
Description:  Local power lays over at the small yard in Chester. MP 2076 was later UP 2076, UP 349. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  4/1/1982  Upload Date: 12/11/2009 9:50:43 PM
Location:  Chester, IL
Author:  Oike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2076(GP38-2)
Views:  1200   Comments: 1
MP #2076
Title:  MP #2076
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Exact date unknown, rolling thru Santa fe Jct. in K.C., Mo.
Photo Date:  5/1/1988  Upload Date: 5/19/2025 9:13:18 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MP 2076(GP38-2)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
Union Pacific Grain Train
Title:  Union Pacific Grain Train
Description:  A Union Pacific grain train was heading south on the New Orleans & Lower Coast Branch in Gretna, Louisiana. Missouri Pacific GP38-2 2076, UP B30-7A 237 and EMD GP38-2 825 were beside Belle Chase Highway (Louisiana Highway 23) with 102 covered hoppers for the grain elevator along the Mississippi River at Myrtle Grove. This line was sold to the New Orleans Lower Coast in March 1991 and resold to the New Orleans & Gulf Coast in April 1999.
Photo Date:  7/23/1988  Upload Date: 5/18/2022 11:31:04 AM
Location:  Gretna, LA
Author:  Christopher Palmieri
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 2076(GP38-2)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
PNWR 3532
Title:  PNWR 3532
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/5/2023  Upload Date: 11/13/2023 3:08:59 AM
Location:  West Colton, CA
Author:  Cameron Smith
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  HLCX 1829(GP38-2) UP 349(GP38-2) MP 2076(GP38-2)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
MP 3152
Title:  MP 3152
Description:  north of Villa Grove'ILL ....double eagle
Photo Date:  4/27/2022  Upload Date: 4/27/2022 8:23:05 PM
Location:  Villa Grove, IL
Author:  Brian Knight
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 3152(SD40-2) MP 2078(GP38-2)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
MP 2079
Title:  MP 2079
Description:  Willow Glen Yard
Photo Date:  10/10/1981  Upload Date: 2/14/2009 12:04:13 AM
Location:  Alexandria, LA
Author:  Todd Minsk
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2079(GP38-2)
Views:  755   Comments: 0
Patch?
Title:  Patch?
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1988  Upload Date: 7/6/2004 8:25:31 PM
Location:  Nashville, AR
Author:  Jimmy Duncan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2079(GP38-2) MP 4623(B23-7)
Views:  1450   Comments: 1
MP GP38-2 2079
Title:  MP GP38-2 2079
Description:  Missouri Pacific Railroad GP38-2 2079 at Cotter, Arkansas on November 25, 1990, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  11/25/1990  Upload Date: 9/4/2016 6:00:24 PM
Location:  Cotter, AR
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 2079(GP38-2)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
MP GP38-2 2082
Title:  MP GP38-2 2082
Description:  MP GP38-2 2082 at Cotter, Arkansas on December 13, 1988, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  12/13/1988  Upload Date: 7/21/2011 6:50:25 PM
Location:  Cotter, AR
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2082(GP38-2)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
MP GP38-2 2082
Title:  MP GP38-2 2082
Description:  Missouri Pacific Railroad GP38-2 2082 crossing the White River at Cotter, Arkansas on December 13, 1988, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. For those not familiar with the lay of the land, the river below the train makes a 90 degree left turn and passes below the bluffs in the background. Before a dam was built upstream in the late 1940's, spring flooding would cause the river to rise to within a few feet of the bottom of the bridge. And yes the mobile home in the foreground would have been under water in the pre-dam era.
Photo Date:  12/13/1988  Upload Date: 9/5/2016 11:25:14 AM
Location:  Cotter, AR
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  MP 2082(GP38-2)
Views:  511   Comments: 0
MP B30-7A 4818
Title:  MP B30-7A 4818
Description:  MP B30-7A 4818 and GP38-2 2082 at Cotter, Arkansas on December 13, 1988, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  12/13/1988  Upload Date: 8/26/2012 11:26:20 AM
Location:  Cotter, AR
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 4818(B30-7A) MP 2082(GP38-2)
Views:  571   Comments: 0
MP Geeps
Title:  MP Geeps
Description:  This modest engine terminal served the Missouri Pacific at Lake Charles, Louisiana. The locomotives are GP7 159, GP38-2 2083, and GP9 1823. Behind the 2083 are GP7 1647 and bicentennial GP18 1976.
Photo Date:  9/20/1977  Upload Date: 6/30/2007 3:29:07 PM
Location:  Lake Charles, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 159(GP7) MP 2083(GP38-2) MP 1823(GP9)
Views:  2675   Comments: 2
MP 2083
Title:  MP 2083
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/12/1988  Upload Date: 9/27/2014 8:19:40 AM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  Bob Carter
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2083(GP38-2)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
Mo Pac Harlingen Yard
Title:  Mo Pac Harlingen Yard
Description:  Robert Pierce photo
Photo Date:  3/10/1980  Upload Date: 5/10/2025 1:59:32 AM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Robert Pierce
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 3275(SD40-2) MP 2084(GP38-2) GTW 5902(SD40)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
MP #2084
Title:  MP #2084
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe.
Photo Date:  9/26/1982  Upload Date: 2/21/2023 8:52:17 PM
Location:  Atchison, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2084(GP38-2)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
MP 2085, engineer's side
Title:  MP 2085, engineer's side
Description:  MP 2085 has four exhaust stacks and still has the MP paint scheme five years after the MP-UP merger. Abilene, Texas, in December 1987.
Photo Date:  12/18/1987  Upload Date: 11/6/2013 9:59:34 PM
Location:  Abilene, TX
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MP 2085(GP38-2)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
MP 4836 and MP 2085
Title:  MP 4836 and MP 2085
Description:  MP B30-7A 4836 and MP GP38-2 2085 lay over at the NOPB East Bridge Yard.
Photo Date:  2/3/1990  Upload Date: 7/25/2018 10:16:25 PM
Location:  Jefferson, LA
Author:  Christopher Palmieri
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MP 4836(B30-7A) MP 2085(GP38-2)
Views:  866   Comments: 2
MP 2085 at East Bridge Yard
Title:  MP 2085 at East Bridge Yard
Description:  MP B30-7A 4836 and MP GP38-2 2085 lay over at the NOPB East Bridge Yard.
Photo Date:  2/3/1990  Upload Date: 9/9/2018 5:20:32 PM
Location:  Jefferson, LA
Author:  Christopher Palmieri
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MP 2085(GP38-2)
Views:  619   Comments: 1
MP 2085 in October.
Title:  MP 2085 in October.
Description:  This was taken during a MoPac Historical Society meet.
Photo Date:  10/12/1991  Upload Date: 4/9/2011 10:58:56 PM
Location:  North Little Rock, AR
Author:  B Murray
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2085(GP38-2)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
MP GP38-2 2086
Title:  MP GP38-2 2086
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/1981  Upload Date: 11/5/2011 1:48:59 PM
Location:  Rockview, MO
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2086(GP38-2)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
MP #2089
Title:  MP #2089
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. At the Mopac yard in St. Joseph.
Photo Date:  11/20/1982  Upload Date: 5/19/2025 9:14:14 AM
Location:  St Joseph, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2089(GP38-2)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
MP 2090
Title:  MP 2090
Description:  switching at Farmers Elevator Indianola ILL ex C&EI Westville sub
Photo Date:  9/21/1977  Upload Date: 4/14/2022 9:47:56 PM
Location:  Indianola, IL
Author:  Brian Knight
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 2090(GP38-2)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
MP 2090
Title:  MP 2090
Description:  Local from Villa Grove enroute to Danville ILL on ex C&EI Westville Sub from color print lost negative
Photo Date:  9/21/1977  Upload Date: 4/14/2022 9:45:00 PM
Location:  Indianola, IL
Author:  Brian Knight
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 2090(GP38-2)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
MP 2090
Title:  MP 2090
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/1980  Upload Date: 2/13/2009 11:58:48 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2090(GP38-2)
Views:  607   Comments: 0
MP 2090
Title:  MP 2090
Description:  MP Blue in old Jenks scheme
Photo Date:  10/24/1988  Upload Date: 4/9/2011 2:42:26 PM
Location:  Big Spring, TX
Author:  B Murray
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 3354(SD40-2) MP 2090(GP38-2)
Views:  830   Comments: 0
Yard!switcher parked
Title:  Yard!switcher parked
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/4/1990  Upload Date: 10/13/2008 10:27:28 AM
Location:  Jefferson City, MO
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2090(GP38-2)
Views:  789   Comments: 0
MP 1708 at Russellville *E-SD
Title:  MP 1708 at Russellville *E-SD
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  7/31/1982  Upload Date: 8/2/2020 1:09:00 PM
Location:  Russellville, AR
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  MP 1708(GP15-1) MP 4627(B23-7) MP 2091(GP38-2)
Views:  553   Comments: 2
Union Pacific Hollywood Yard
Title:  Union Pacific Hollywood Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1987  Upload Date: 10/30/2016 9:52:20 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 2092(GP38-2)
Views:  471   Comments: 1
MP 2093
Title:  MP 2093
Description:  The engineer on MP GP38-2 2093 waves to the photographer as he brings a westbound transfer run down the Huey P. Long Bridge. The other locomotives are GP38-2's 2055 and L&N 4113, and MP GP7 150.
Photo Date:  3/8/1975  Upload Date: 5/31/2009 12:12:43 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  MP 2093(GP38-2)
Views:  798   Comments: 0
ICG GP10 8153
Title:  ICG GP10 8153
Description:  ICG GP10 8153, Memphis, Tennessee, April 6, 1984, photos by Chuck Zeiler. Number 8153 was built in December 1957 as IC GP9 9301 (c/n 23801) on EMD Order 5553. During 1977 it was rebuilt at Paducah to GP10 8153, sold to VMV January 29, 1992, later becoming PAL 1978. It is teamed up with MP GP38-2 2093.
Photo Date:  4/6/1984  Upload Date: 7/21/2010 12:56:25 PM
Location:  Memphis, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ICG 8153(GP10) MP 2093(GP38-2)
Views:  721   Comments: 0
MP GP38-2 2093
Title:  MP GP38-2 2093
Description:  MP GP38-2 2093 at Memphis, Tennessee on April 6, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/6/1984  Upload Date: 7/30/2011 2:28:23 PM
Location:  Memphis, TN
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2093(GP38-2)
Views:  576   Comments: 1
MP 3514 (GP50) & MP 2093 (GP38-2)
Title:  MP 3514 (GP50) & MP 2093 (GP38-2)
Description:  Oct 1987 - Tower 55 Ft. Worth Tx. - MP 3514 GP50 in UP Yellow & MP 2093 GP38-2 in Blue
Photo Date:  10/31/1987  Upload Date: 11/16/2011 11:05:10 PM
Location:  Fort Worth (Tower 55, TX
Author:  Peter Consigli
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 3514(GP50) MP 2093(GP38-2)
Views:  692   Comments: 0
MP 2094
Title:  MP 2094
Description:  MP 2094 was later UP 2094, UP 357. Shown here on a westbound leaving St. Louis near Maplewood, MO. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  12/1/1979  Upload Date: 10/28/2009 8:20:53 PM
Location:  Maplewood, MO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2094(GP38-2)
Views:  596   Comments: 2
Union Pacific Hollywood Yard
Title:  Union Pacific Hollywood Yard
Description:  In the final days of the MoPac
Photo Date:  5/1/1987  Upload Date: 10/30/2016 9:50:00 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 2159(GP38-2) MP 2094(GP38-2)
Views:  464   Comments: 0


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