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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:EMD GP38-2Built As:UP 2039 (GP38-2)
Serial Number:73662-40Order No:73662
Frame Number:73662-40Built:6/1974
Notes:blt 5/74 as UP 2039
Other locos with this serial:  UP 2039(GP38-2) UP 539(GP38-2)
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UP 539
Title:  UP 539
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/25/2008 10:06:54 PM
Location:  Roseville, CA
Author:  Eric Kraft
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  363   Comments: 2
UP 539
Title:  UP 539
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2008 12:03:07 AM
Location:  Roseville, CA
Author:  Eric Kraft
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
UP 539
Title:  UP 539
Description:  At Warm Springs Yard
Photo Date:  4/16/2006  Upload Date: 5/3/2011 1:34:24 AM
Location:  Fremont, CA
Author:  Robert Sarberenyi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
UP 539
Title:  UP 539
Description:  At Warm Springs Yard
Photo Date:  4/16/2006  Upload Date: 5/3/2011 1:34:51 AM
Location:  Fremont, CA
Author:  Robert Sarberenyi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
UP 539
Title:  UP 539
Description:  A GP38-2 on a local job near the interlocking, heading from north to west onto the BNSF line
Photo Date:  3/10/2007  Upload Date: 3/14/2007 10:20:09 AM
Location:  Stockton, CA
Author:  Paul S. Highland
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  408   Comments: 1
UP 539
Title:  UP 539
Description:  Not the best quality, snapped this one off while apssing through on Amtrak 5.
Photo Date:  1/9/2010  Upload Date: 3/9/2010 12:41:28 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Alex Gillman
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Bay shore yard
Title:  Bay shore yard
Description:  UP 649 and 539 at bay shore yard
Photo Date:  7/30/2011  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 6:27:53 PM
Location:  Benicia, CA
Author:  Pedro Rezende
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2) UP 649(GP38-2)
Views:  345   Comments: 1
UP at Bay Shore yard
Title:  UP at Bay Shore yard
Description:  UP 649 and 539 at bay shore yard
Photo Date:  8/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/21/2012 6:25:29 PM
Location:  Benicia, CA
Author:  Pedro Rezende
Categories:  Roster,Track
Locomotives:  UP 649(GP38-2) UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
UP 539
Title:  UP 539
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/4/2014  Upload Date: 2/13/2014 2:44:20 PM
Location:  Lawrence, KS
Author:  Jeff Carlson
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
GMTX 2102, engineer's side
Title:  GMTX 2102, engineer's side
Description:  GMTX 2102 is coupled to UP 539 in Union Pacific's yards at Jefferson City, MO on 5-17-2014.
Photo Date:  5/17/2014  Upload Date: 6/4/2014 7:49:53 PM
Location:  Jefferson City, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  GMTX 2102(GP38-2) UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
UP 539, front end view
Title:  UP 539, front end view
Description:  UP 539 with GMTX 2102, are parked on a side track in the UP's Jefferson City, MO yards on 5-17-2014. This view gives a look at the nose, the front of the cab, and part of the conductor's side view.
Photo Date:  5/17/2014  Upload Date: 6/3/2014 11:51:45 PM
Location:  Jefferson City, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2) GMTX 2102(GP38-2)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
UP 539, angled view, cab and conductor's side
Title:  UP 539, angled view, cab and conductor's side
Description:  UP 539 and GMTX 2102 (former UP engine) are on a side track in UP's Jefferson City, MO yards on 5/17/2014. This view gives a different angle of the cab and conductor's side.
Photo Date:  5/17/2014  Upload Date: 6/3/2014 11:52:07 PM
Location:  Jefferson City, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2) GMTX 2102(GP38-2)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
UP 539, conductor's side view
Title:  UP 539, conductor's side view
Description:  UP 539 faces west, coupled to fellow GP38-2 GMTX 2102. They're in the UP's yards at Jefferson City, MO on 5-17-2014. This view shows the amber (?) lights on the cab roof, the A/C unit on the roof, the ratchet-style handbrake, and various items affixed to the nose. This unit also has the newer-style Blomberg trucks (no leaf springs) and shock absorbers on the rear axle of each truck.
Photo Date:  5/17/2014  Upload Date: 6/3/2014 11:52:28 PM
Location:  Jefferson City, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2) GMTX 2102(GP38-2)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
UP 539, engineer's side, 7-19-2014
Title:  UP 539, engineer's side, 7-19-2014
Description:  UP 539 was idling in the UP yards at Jefferson City, MO on 7-19-2014. This view of the engineer's side also shows a conduit or small pipe of some kind running along the roofline--notice how it runs close to the rearmost fans, for example. This unit also has the squared air filter box.
Photo Date:  7/19/2014  Upload Date: 10/15/2014 10:39:31 PM
Location:  Jefferson City, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
Caboose hop shoves west
Title:  Caboose hop shoves west
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/11/2015  Upload Date: 10/28/2015 5:41:49 PM
Location:  Edwardsville, KS
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
UP Engine 539, Des Moines IA
Title:  UP Engine 539, Des Moines IA
Description:  UP Engine 539, parked at Shortline Yard, Des Moines IA
Photo Date:  1/23/2016  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 8:01:04 PM
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Author:  David Hukill
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
UPY 810 Sits idle for the moment waiting for work.
Title:  UPY 810 Sits idle for the moment waiting for work.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/14/2016  Upload Date: 11/17/2016 10:24:47 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Shane Gillam
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UPY 810(SD38-2) UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  352   Comments: 2
UP 539
Title:  UP 539
Description:  The highest numbered of UP's original group of GP38-2s from 1974 leads a westbound local freight through Topeka.
Photo Date:  5/16/2018  Upload Date: 5/18/2018 11:07:14 AM
Location:  Topeka, KS
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 539(GP38-2)
Views:  181   Comments: 1


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