RailPictures.Net Photo: UP 61 Union Pacific Alco C855 at Unknown, Wyoming by Collection of Chris Zygmunt

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Locomotive Details

Location/Date of Photo

� Union Pacific (more..)
� Alco C855 (more..)

� Unknown (more..)
� Wyoming, USA (more..)
� 1967

Locomotive No./Train ID

Photographer

� UP 61 (more..)
� Unknown

� Collection of Chris Zygmunt (more..)
� Contact Photographer � Photographer Profile

Remarks & Notes

Alco's largest diesel engine. Only two A's and one B unit were built. All for UP. This loco had an output of 5500 hp which could have given an edge over GE's 5000 hp U50 and EMD's DD35. But Alco's lacked reliability. No photographer listed on slide.

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