RailPictures.Net Photo: UP 310 Union Pacific EMD GP9 at Council Bluffs, Iowa by Collection of Chris Zygmunt

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» Union Pacific (more..)
» EMD GP9 (more..)

» Council Bluffs
» Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA (more..)
» August 28, 1974

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» UP 310 (more..)
» Unknown

» Collection of Chris Zygmunt (more..)
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Union Pacific applied EMD turbochargers to a lot of their GP9's to get 2000 horsepower out of them. Here is one such unit that got that upgrade. Unfortunately, almost a year later this unit was destroyed in a wreck at Bassett, WY and was written off.

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