Union Pacific Railroad 229, Argo Yard Seattle, February 9, 1961. Seventeen going on eighteen. My photo skills are getting better, concentrating on composition, exposure and so forth!Access at Argo, like everywhere else in Seattle in those days was not a problem. You could darn near drive your vehicle up to the units – except at Interbay, where you could park right behind the round house.
It's a miserable cold and wet day when I located this unit awaiting assignment at Argo Yard. She needs a good bath!
In a cost saving measure, Union Pacific ordered 40 of these units – 205 through 244 – without dynamic brakes, which limited their use to tidewater and undemanding gradients.
Railroad Stuff: Union Pacific Railroad 229, built by EMD as a GP-9, 1,750 hp, in January 1954, serial number 19115. Retired in October 1980; she was apparently seen running around as NIMX 229 - Naporano Iron and Metals in New Jersey.
Railroad Stuff: Union Pacific Railroad 229, built by EMD as a GP-9, 1,750 hp, in January 1954, serial number 19115. Retired in October 1980; she was apparently seen running around as NIMX 229 - Naporano Iron and Metals in New Jersey.
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