UP GP39-2 1200         
The hump on the cab for the electircal cabinet is plainly visible in this shot. Don Strack's website ( http://utahrails.net/all-time/all-time-27.php ) says this about the cabs: On all except UP 1203, the entire cab was lowered by removing the 26 inches of extra height, but because the actual cab roof was then too low, a four-inch hump was added to allow clearance to open the cab interior electrical cabinet doors. The extra-height cab on UP 1203, ex MKT 383, originally KCC 782, was in very poor shape from wreck damage repair by Kennecott (the cab had been sheared off by a mining shovel in the Bingham Canyon Mine). National Railway Equipment replaced the entire cab with one from a retired Milwaukee Road SD45.
Date: 10/30/2009 Location: Napavine, WA   Map Show Napavine on a rail map Views: 495 Collection Of:   Matt Adams
Locomotives: UP 1200(GP39-2)    Author:  Matt Adams
UP GP39-2 1200
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  UP LIC55 - 10/30/2009
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Name Type Comments Date
Maddie Farnsworth General Nice catch, I would haver never noticed the lower cab. 1/11/2010 9:53:46 PM
Chuck Zeiler General Thanks for the detailed information. The fuel tank looks modified too. 1/12/2010 10:03:40 AM

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