UPY 1449 started life in 1975 as a MP15AC with the Southern Pacific. It was last rebuilt into an MP15N (utilizing the Nexsys control system) and prior to being moved out of Denver could to be fou... (more)

Can you spot the GE units that have been running coal through the Moffat Tunnel?

With the iconic Purina Dog Chow factory in the background, a low sun and dark skies frame four engines waiting in the north side of the UP's 36th Street Yard in Denver.

The crew brings UPY 1449 (EX Southern Pacific MP15AC)out of the North Yard in order to sort a string of freight cars. The snow and wind make for a cold day.

A newcomer to the UP North Yard in Denver (and the RP data base) is UPY 1449, a MP15AC switcher built in 1975 for the Southern Pacific. Like many of the former SP MP15 fleet, this one has been re... (more)