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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:EMD GP9Built As:UP 278 (GP9)
Serial Number:19875Order No:5362
Frame Number:5362-16Built:9/1954
Notes:reblt 7/79 to MKCX 5001
Other locos with this serial:  UP 278(GP9)
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MKCX TE50-4S 5001
Title:  MKCX TE50-4S 5001
Description:  Morrison-Knudsen (MKCX) TE50-4S 5001 at a railroad industry trade show on the the site of Illinois Central's Central Station, Chicago, Illinois, September, 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in September 1954 as UP GP9 278 (c/n 19875), it was sold to Morrison Knudsen in February 1979 and rebuilt in July 1979 as MK 5001. It was powered by a Sulzer (Swiss) Marine six-cylinder Model 6ASL25/30 diesel prime mover producing 1500 horsepower. It was later sold as Morristown & Erie becoming ME 22.
Photo Date:  9/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/6/2010 12:36:18 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station
Locomotives:  MKCX 5001(TE-47-4E) UP 278(GP9)
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