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Pictures of UP 9581
 
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:GE C44-9WBuilt As:SP 8117 (C44-9W)
Serial Number:47947Order No:1823SP
Frame Number:Built:5/1994
Notes:Ex-SP
Other locos with this serial:  UP 9581(C44-9W) SP 8117(C44-9W)
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UP 9581 NS 6704 22Feb2011 Stopped NB out of Centex to check out a problem
Title:  UP 9581 NS 6704 22Feb2011 Stopped NB out of Centex to check out a problem
Description:  Right after they passed me, the train stopped and the crew began checking something out that wasn't right. The train sat part way out on the main for a while as traffic backed up, then they eventually pushed back into CENTEX.
Photo Date:  2/22/2011  Upload Date: 3/5/2011 5:27:11 AM
Location:  San Marcos, TX
Author:  Walt Plummer
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Locomotives:  UP 9581(C44-9W) NS 6704(SD60)
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UP 9581 22Feb2011 Set-out on the spur with a traction motor problem
Title:  UP 9581 22Feb2011 Set-out on the spur with a traction motor problem
Description:  Later that afternoon, the defective engine was dropped on the spur behind Butler Manufacturing, where it would sit until a maintenance crew could make it able to travel.
Photo Date:  2/22/2011  Upload Date: 3/5/2011 5:44:23 AM
Location:  San Marcos, TX
Author:  Walt Plummer
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Locomotives:  UP 9581(C44-9W)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
UP 9581 NS 6704 22Feb2011 NB out of Centex
Title:  UP 9581 NS 6704 22Feb2011 NB out of Centex
Description:  The train had been sitting on the side waiting for Amtrak Train 22 to pass, and then started to pull out NB.
Photo Date:  2/22/2011  Upload Date: 11/24/2016 4:13:21 PM
Location:  San Marcos, TX
Author:  Walt Plummer
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Locomotives:  UP 9581(C44-9W) NS 6704(SD60)
Views:  261   Comments: 1
UP 9581 23Feb2011 Disconnecting a faulty traction motor
Title:  UP 9581 23Feb2011 Disconnecting a faulty traction motor
Description:  The traction motor is disconnected.
Photo Date:  2/23/2011  Upload Date: 3/5/2011 5:57:41 AM
Location:  San Marcos, TX
Author:  Walt Plummer
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Locomotives:  UP 9581(C44-9W)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
UP 9581 23Feb2011 Rotating the disconnected traction motor
Title:  UP 9581 23Feb2011 Rotating the disconnected traction motor
Description:  Rotating the disconnected traction motor so that it is between and parallel to the rails
Photo Date:  2/23/2011  Upload Date: 3/5/2011 6:11:45 AM
Location:  San Marcos, TX
Author:  Walt Plummer
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Locomotives:  UP 9581(C44-9W)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
UP 9581 23Feb2011 Picking up the engine and walking off of the disconnected traction motor
Title:  UP 9581 23Feb2011 Picking up the engine and walking off of the disconnected traction motor
Description:  The locomotive was lifted off of the traction motor and walked forward, with a non-motored wheel set eventually replacing the traction motor so that the loco could travel to the shop.
Photo Date:  2/23/2011  Upload Date: 3/5/2011 6:22:25 AM
Location:  San Marcos, TX
Author:  Walt Plummer
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Locomotives:  UP 9581(C44-9W)
Views:  360   Comments: 0

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