Weber State Virtual History Museum

Union Pacific Locomotive #6916

Title Ogden Union Station Railroad Equipment
Description Railroad locomotive collection of the Utah State Railroad Museum located at the Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah.
Subject Locomotives--Utah; Railroad museums
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original 1918-1989
Date 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989
Date Digital 2014
Temporal Coverage 1893-1996
Medium Photogrphay
Spatial Coverage Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206, 41.223, -111.97383
Type Image/StillImage
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Ogden Union Station Collection
Source Images provided by Lee Witten, archivist, Ogden Union Station
Format image/jpeg
ARK ark:/87278/s6s25vjg
Setname wsu_vhm
ID 98409
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6s25vjg

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Title Union Pacific Locomotive #6916
Contributors Union Pacific Railroad Company
Image Captions "U. P. DDA40X #6916 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in November of 1969. It weighs 542,432 Ibs, or 270 Tons. That is 5 times what a fully loaded Boeing 727 aircraft weighs. It used two Model 645E3A V-16 diesel engines, each one rated at 3,300 HP each for a total of 6,600 HP. She measures 98 ft 5 in. long. The fuel tank holds 8,230 gals of diesel fuel, and by itself full weighs in at 30 Tons. The locomotive had a 59/18 gear ratio with a maximum speed of 91 mph. The U.P. re-geared the Centennials back down to 62/15 ratios before retirement making them more compatible with other freight locomotives. Maximum speed was then about 72 mph. There are several of these engines preserved. One, U.P. 6936, is still in service being used for executive and occasional freight trains. #6916 was retired by the railroad May 16,1985 and donated to the museum January 1986. "
Description "Railroad locomotive collection of the Utah State Railroad Museum located at the Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah "
Subject Locomotives--Utah
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original 1969
Date 1969
Date Digital 2014
Spatial Coverage Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206, 41.223, -111.97383
Type Image/StillImage
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Ogden Union Station Collection
Source Images provided by Lee Witten, archivist, Ogden Union Station
Format image/jpeg
Setname wsu_vhm
ID 98426
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6s25vjg/98426