RailPictures.Net Photo: UP 1609 Union Pacific Alco FA-1 at Sidney, Nebraska by Roger Lalonde

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» Union Pacific (more..)
» Alco FA-1 (more..)

» Sidney
» Sidney, Nebraska, USA (more..)
» August, 1963

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» UP 1609 (more..)
» Unknown

» Roger Lalonde (more..)
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UP Alco FA-FB units, powered by a 1500hp V-12 engine. Their performance must have impressed the UP's management because 80 of them were ordered subsequently. No photographer listed on slide.

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