Union Pacific Trains and Engines

Union Pacific from 1862 to 1960 - Unofficial

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4-12-2 Union Pacific

Locomotive for freight trains. This was one of the last attempts to increase the number of axles for locomotive rigid. Indeed the needs of power previously required to use multiple units ie several locomotives simultaneously for a convoy of which the quest for power to be replaced by this model and after that to have articulated locomotive to limit costs.
These are three-cylinder engines with the third attack the second axle from which the largest gap between the first two axles and thereafter. This also allowed not to have a first drive axle elbow that was more fragile (having a bent axle or not remains

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4-8-4 Northen

The Union Pacific had three classes called Northen FEF (Four Eight Four)
FEF-1 # 800-819 1937, ALCO builder
FEF-2 # 820-834 1939, ALCO builder
FEF-3 # 835-844 1945, ALCO builder, same class as FEF-2 but built after war with substitutions of materials due to the war.
These locomotives were originally intended primarily to passenger service with speed up to 100 m/h cruising speed and have even reached 110 m/h but were overcome by diesel locomotives and were then used as locomotives for freight trains . The locomotive numbered 844 (ex #8444) was retained and is sometimes used to "excursion" train.
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