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UP #6944
Title:  UP #6944
Description:  Another one of Union Pacific's giant locomotives.
Photo Date:  8/10/2013  Upload Date: 8/21/2013 6:05:28 PM
Location:  St. Louis, MO
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  2244   Comments: 2
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/2014  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:42:27 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X) NS 3536(SD40-2)
Views:  917   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description:  Looking for a caboose, found this. Fair trade I think.
Photo Date:  7/11/2014  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:43:10 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  648   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description:  There is a what down at the shops?
Photo Date:  7/11/2014  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:43:15 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/2014  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:43:20 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/2014  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:43:26 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/2014  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:43:31 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/2014  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:45:11 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  367   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description:  Fully expected to see NS spray painted under the cab like the bought-a- wreck sd40-2s.
Photo Date:  7/11/2014  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:46:17 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  605   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description:  No it can't be, in Decatur a what? Yep,sure is.
Photo Date:  7/11/2014  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:46:22 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description:  6944 framed with NS power
Photo Date:  7/11/2014  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:33:22 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X) NS 7113(GP60) NS 5177(GP38-2)
Views:  494   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description:  Sometimes you can't believe what you seeing.
Photo Date:  7/11/2014  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 6:33:32 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  1003   Comments: 5
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/13/2014  Upload Date: 8/13/2014 1:47:03 AM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Kris Rumbut
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description:  6944 in the background with 5074 on the service tracks
Photo Date:  7/13/2014  Upload Date: 7/13/2014 9:45:25 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X) UP 5074(SD70M)
Views:  643   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description:  Still in town and maybe getting brake and or truck work.
Photo Date:  7/13/2014  Upload Date: 7/13/2014 9:57:54 PM
Location:  Decatur (NS Shops), IL
Author:  Dave Ritter
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  448   Comments: 1
UP 6944 is going to Altoona for a cosmetic restoration.
Title:  UP 6944 is going to Altoona for a cosmetic restoration.
Description:  Much has been written on various sites about all the players in this deal.
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 7/15/2014 10:55:29 AM
Location:  Ravenna, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  744   Comments: 11
UP 6944 has a passport reporting mark of MOTX 6944.
Title:  UP 6944 has a passport reporting mark of MOTX 6944.
Description:  From the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis.
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 7/15/2014 10:57:57 AM
Location:  Ravenna, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  1470   Comments: 14
UP 6944 was one of 47 delivered and is one of 13 still in existence.
Title:  UP 6944 was one of 47 delivered and is one of 13 still in existence.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 7/15/2014 11:00:10 AM
Location:  Ravenna, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  700   Comments: 11
You did see this thing, right?
Title:  You did see this thing, right?
Description:  Not one westbound in the bunch.
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 7/20/2014 9:59:30 PM
Location:  Ravenna, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  275   Comments: 3
UP 6944 is going to Altoona for a cosmetic restoration.
Title:  UP 6944 is going to Altoona for a cosmetic restoration.
Description:  From the Saint Louis Museum of Transportation.
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 7:07:21 PM
Location:  Ravenna, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  541   Comments: 12
How it looked going east.
Title:  How it looked going east.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 6/7/2015 9:24:55 PM
Location:  Ravenna, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  362   Comments: 3
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description:  I hope that I can see it when it's finished.
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 7/15/2014 11:02:03 AM
Location:  Ravenna, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  479   Comments: 16
Has anyone seen UP 6944 since then?
Title:  Has anyone seen UP 6944 since then?
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 2/27/2015 7:08:22 PM
Location:  Ravenna, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  372   Comments: 6
NS 34N with UP DDA40X
Title:  NS 34N with UP DDA40X
Description:  On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, an eastbound mixed freight passed through Salem, Ohio with a prison escapee in consist. Prison, in this case, can be defined as a museum. Escapee, in this case, can be defined as Union Pacific #6944, a DDA40X! Eastbound mixed freight train 34N held a part in the honor of moving this special locomotive from the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri to Altoona, Pennsylvania for cosmetic restoration. At 10:41am, eastbound mixed freight 34N, led by NS #6704 (SD60), NS #8793 (C40-9), BNSF #7496 (ES44DC), (Ex- UP) NS #6514 (SD60), NS #9353 (C40-9W), and MOTX/UP #6944 (DDA40X) passed milepost 70 on Norfolk Southerns Fort Wayne Line in Salem, Ohio. The DDA40X would later be put on the following days 10A to be taken to Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona.
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 7/17/2014 9:53:20 PM
Location:  Salem, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6704(SD60) NS 8793(C40-9) BNSF 7496(ES44DC) NS 6514(SD60) NS 9353(C40-9W) UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  1387   Comments: 3
NS 34N with UP DDA40X
Title:  NS 34N with UP DDA40X
Description:  On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, an eastbound mixed freight passed through Salem, Ohio with a prison escapee in consist. Prison, in this case, can be defined as a museum. Escapee, in this case, can be defined as Union Pacific #6944, a DDA40X! Eastbound mixed freight train 34N held a part in the honor of moving this special locomotive from the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri to Altoona, Pennsylvania for cosmetic restoration. At 10:41am, eastbound mixed freight 34N, led by NS #6704 (SD60), NS #8793 (C40-9), BNSF #7496 (ES44DC), (Ex- UP) NS #6514 (SD60), NS #9353 (C40-9W), and MOTX/UP #6944 (DDA40X) passed milepost 70 on Norfolk Southerns Fort Wayne Line in Salem, Ohio. The DDA40X would later be put on the following days 10A to be taken to Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona.
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 7/17/2014 10:56:55 PM
Location:  Salem, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6704(SD60) NS 8793(C40-9) BNSF 7496(ES44DC) NS 6514(SD60) NS 9353(C40-9W) UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  708   Comments: 0
NS 34N with UP DDA40X
Title:  NS 34N with UP DDA40X
Description:  On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, an eastbound mixed freight passed through Salem, Ohio with a prison escapee in consist. Prison, in this case, can be defined as a museum. Escapee, in this case, can be defined as Union Pacific #6944, a DDA40X! Eastbound mixed freight train 34N held a part in the honor of moving this special locomotive from the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri to Altoona, Pennsylvania for cosmetic restoration. At 10:41am, eastbound mixed freight 34N, led by NS #6704 (SD60), NS #8793 (C40-9), BNSF #7496 (ES44DC), (Ex- UP) NS #6514 (SD60), NS #9353 (C40-9W), and MOTX/UP #6944 (DDA40X) passed milepost 70 on Norfolk Southerns Fort Wayne Line in Salem, Ohio. The DDA40X would later be put on the following days 10A to be taken to Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona.
Photo Date:  7/15/2014  Upload Date: 7/17/2014 11:00:28 PM
Location:  Salem, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  2058   Comments: 1
MOTX 6944
Title:  MOTX 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/2014  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 4:46:33 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Chris Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  899   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/2014  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 4:47:48 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Chris Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X) NS 8921(C40-9W)
Views:  450   Comments: 0
UP DDA40X 6944
Title:  UP DDA40X 6944
Description:  Peeking its nose out of the shops in Juniata
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 12:47:30 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 12:50:43 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Chris Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
DD40X
Title:  DD40X
Description:  Recently restored UP DD40X awaits return west
Photo Date:  5/22/2015  Upload Date: 5/25/2015 9:18:46 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Chris Rinaldi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  589   Comments: 0
NS 911
Title:  NS 911
Description:  Colorful array of units gather in JBS
Photo Date:  5/22/2015  Upload Date: 11/21/2015 10:01:40 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  A Benedict
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 911(SD60E) NS 649(Road Slug) NS 6920(SD60E) UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  1380   Comments: 1
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2015  Upload Date: 7/18/2015 1:46:06 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Michael Rujak
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
NS 35N with UP DDA40X
Title:  NS 35N with UP DDA40X
Description:  On Sunday, June 7, 2015, a westbound mixed freight passed through Leetonia, Ohio with a prison escapee in consist being returned back to the prison. Prison, in this case, can be defined as a museum. Escapee, in this case, can be defined as Union Pacific #6944, a DDA40X! Westbound mixed freight train 35N held a part in the honor of moving this special locomotive from Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania back to the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri after an amazing cosmetic restoration. At 6:08pm, westbound mixed freight 35N, led by NS #2600 (SD70M), NS #9568 (C40-9W), NS #9464 (C40-9W), and MOTX/UP #6944 (DDA40X) passed milepost 63.2 on Norfolk Southern's Fort Wayne Line in Leetonia, Ohio. The train is about to cross the Walnut Street grade crossing, which at the time was taken out of service after having new rail laid on track two. The crossing will be repaved in the next week or so.
Photo Date:  6/7/2015  Upload Date: 6/9/2015 11:42:27 PM
Location:  Leetonia, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 2600(SD70M) NS 9568(C40-9W) NS 9464(C40-9W) MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  615   Comments: 1
NS 35N with UP DDA40X
Title:  NS 35N with UP DDA40X
Description:  On Sunday, June 7, 2015, a westbound mixed freight passed through Leetonia, Ohio with a prison escapee in consist being returned back to the prison. Prison, in this case, can be defined as a museum. Escapee, in this case, can be defined as Union Pacific #6944, a DDA40X! Westbound mixed freight train 35N held a part in the honor of moving this special locomotive from Norfolk Southerns Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania back to the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri after an amazing cosmetic restoration. At 6:08pm, westbound mixed freight 35N, led by NS #2600 (SD70M), NS #9568 (C40-9W), NS #9464 (C40-9W), and MOTX/UP #6944 (DDA40X) passed milepost 63.2 on Norfolk Southerns Fort Wayne Line in Leetonia, Ohio. The train is about to cross the Walnut Street grade crossing, which at the time was taken out of service after having new rail laid on track two. The crossing will be repaved in the next week or so.
Photo Date:  6/7/2015  Upload Date: 6/9/2015 11:56:20 PM
Location:  Leetonia, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  1083   Comments: 2
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2015  Upload Date: 6/7/2015 8:30:54 PM
Location:  Rootstown, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  446   Comments: 8
And it all came down to this. Our last train of the day produced this winner.
Title:  And it all came down to this. Our last train of the day produced this winner.
Description:  A most profitable day indeed.
Photo Date:  6/7/2015  Upload Date: 6/19/2015 7:58:31 PM
Location:  Rootstown, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  319   Comments: 6
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2015  Upload Date: 6/7/2015 8:32:19 PM
Location:  Rootstown, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
NS 2600 Leads 35N with MOTX/UP 6944
Title:  NS 2600 Leads 35N with MOTX/UP 6944
Description:  NS 35N with UP DD40AX
Photo Date:  6/8/2015  Upload Date: 7/23/2015 2:39:30 PM
Location:  Homer, IL
Author:  Zachary Walters
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 2600(SD70M) NS 9568(C44-9W) NS 9464(C44-9W) UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
MOTX/UP 6944
Title:  MOTX/UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/2015  Upload Date: 7/23/2015 2:44:41 PM
Location:  Tolono, IL
Author:  Zachary Walters
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  635   Comments: 1
35N
Title:  35N
Description:  NS 35N, with a DDA40X in tow, sits on a sidetrack at Peru yard on a wet Monday morning.
Photo Date:  6/8/2015  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 11:52:30 AM
Location:  Peru, IN
Author:  Owen Fishback
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NS 2600(SD70M) NS 9568(C40-9W) NS 9464(C40-9W) MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  509   Comments: 0
UP/MOTX 6944
Title:  UP/MOTX 6944
Description:  The DDA40X from the St. Louis Museum of Transportation is towed out of Peru yard on one of its final moves back home.
Photo Date:  6/8/2015  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 11:54:20 AM
Location:  Peru, IN
Author:  Owen Fishback
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NS 9464(C40-9W) MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
UP/MOTX 6944
Title:  UP/MOTX 6944
Description:  The DDA40X from the St. Louis Museum of Transportation is towed out of Peru yard on one of its final moves back home.
Photo Date:  6/8/2015  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 11:55:28 AM
Location:  Peru, IN
Author:  Owen Fishback
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
Pacing NS 35N
Title:  Pacing NS 35N
Description:  I paced 35N as it picked up speed on its way to the Clymers siding. This was on Old 24 just west of Peru.
Photo Date:  6/8/2015  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 11:56:49 AM
Location:  Peru, IN
Author:  Owen Fishback
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
UP/MOTX 6944
Title:  UP/MOTX 6944
Description:  NS 35N leaving the Clymers siding
Photo Date:  6/8/2015  Upload Date: 6/12/2015 11:57:59 AM
Location:  Clymers, IN
Author:  Owen Fishback
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MOTX 6944(DDA40X) UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  558   Comments: 1
Well.....I got some of it........
Title:  Well.....I got some of it........
Description:  This is a long....long shot from the side of Hwy 3, the closest I was going to get to it, without a drone.....
Photo Date:  6/9/2015  Upload Date: 6/9/2015 8:04:29 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X) MOTX 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  765   Comments: 1
UP 6944 pan shot
Title:  UP 6944 pan shot
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/28/2015  Upload Date: 7/2/2015 5:58:21 PM
Location:  Saint Louis County, MO
Author:  Ryan Casey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  434   Comments: 1
UP 6944 side shot
Title:  UP 6944 side shot
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/28/2015  Upload Date: 7/2/2015 6:11:34 PM
Location:  Saint Louis County, MO
Author:  Ryan Casey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  459   Comments: 1
UP 6944 nose shot
Title:  UP 6944 nose shot
Description:  As part of an agreement between Norfolk Southern, the Museum of Transporation, and the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, UP 6944, the last DDA40X diesel built was given a nice new paint job in exchange for leasing N&W Y6a loco #2156 to Roanoke for 5 years.
Photo Date:  6/28/2015  Upload Date: 7/2/2015 6:16:41 PM
Location:  Saint Louis County, MO
Author:  Ryan Casey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  468   Comments: 1
UP 6944
Title:  UP 6944
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/28/2015  Upload Date: 7/2/2015 6:17:59 PM
Location:  Saint Louis County, MO
Author:  Ryan Casey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6944(DDA40X)
Views:  422   Comments: 1


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