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This
list is a work-in-progress -- and probably always will be.
If you have any photos, additions or corrections please email.
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LOCOMOTIVES
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Electric |
NYC (Ex-Cleveland
Union Terminal) "P" Motor. Pulled the train from
Grand Central Terminal to Harmon, NY at the start of its journey.
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759
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Steam
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Nickel
Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St.
Louis) 2-8-4 Berkshire #759 built in August 1944 at Lima,
OH. Pulled the train from New York City (Harmon, NY,
actually. Departed May 3) to Kansas City before turning the
train over to the Union Pacific. Also pulled the train on
the return from Kansas City to Baltimore before handing it
off to Penn Central's GG-1 4902. Currently in the Steamtown
collection in Scranton, PA.
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Aux
Tender |
Auxiliary
water tender for the 759. Ex-N&W.
There weren't as many places for a steam locomotive to get
water as there had been in the old days. Taking along an extra
tender full of water helped extend 759's legs.
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Diesel |
Union
Pacific Centennial diesel 6900 (the largest ever built), fresh
from the manufacturer just in time to pull the GSCL from Kansas
City to Ogden (being untried, the 6600 hp DDA40X loco was
acompanied by a pair of 2500 hp SDP-35s on the westbound leg).
Departed KC for Ogden, UT May 7, 1969. Today the locomotive
is on display in Kenefick Park on the grounds of The Lauritzen
Gardens in Omaha, NE.
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1404
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Diesel |
A Union
Pacific SDP-35 diesel that helped pull the GSCL from Kansas
City to Ogden. Departed KC for Ogden, UT May 7, 1969. Sold
for scrap Dec. 1985.
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1401
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Diesel |
A Union
Pacific SDP-35 diesel that helped pull the GSCL from Kansas
City to Ogden. Departed KC for Ogden, UT May 7, 1969. The
SDP-35s that made the run from KC to Ogden were also chosen
because they were capable of generating steam heat for the
passenger consist. Sold for scrap Dec. 1985.
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8444
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Steam |
Union
Pacific 4-8-4 (FEF). Pulled the GSCL May 10th from Salt Lake
City to Ogden for the Golden Spike ceremony. In
the afternoon, it pulled the train back to Salt Lake City.
This locomotive (now back to its original number 844) has
never been retired and still pulls special trains for the
Union Pacific. Based out of Cheyenne, WY.
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Diesel |
The Union
Pacific provided an A-B-B set of E-units for the trip from
Salt Lake City back to Kansas City. Per Al Phillips, these
units really got the lead out -- likely hitting speeds in
excess of 100 MPH a time or two!
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4902
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Electric |
A Penn
Central GG-1, specially painted in American Railroads livery
to match the GSCL. Pulled the GSCL on May 19, 1969 from Baltimore
to NYC. Later
Amtrak 905, then 4905. Scrapped.
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Diesel |
An Alco
1000 hp switcher came in as a pusher up Albany Hill in New
York.
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CARS
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The
cars of the GSCL were not numbered. The numbers shown here
just denote their position in the consist.
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Crew
Car |
High
Iron Company (HICO) tool/crew car CONNEAUT. Ex-Wabash mail-baggage
450. Now on the Ohio Central. |
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Exhibit
car #1 |
In
13 different cities, the three display cars were open to the
public. Inside were exhibits related to railroadings contribution
to the growth of America. The first exhibit cars was ex-PRR/PC
60' baggage car 9002. |
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Exhibit
car #2 |
Ex-PRR/PC
baggage car 9038. |
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Exhibit
car #3 |
Ex-PRR/PC
baggage car 9051. To Conrail. Now privately owned in Hamburg,
PA at the site of the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum. |
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Coach |
Ex-N&W
coach car 512. This car was outfitted with the PA (public address)
equipment for the train. |
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Coach |
Ex-N&W
coach car 531. |
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Twin
Diner |
Ex-PRR/PC
4620. According to Al Phillips, the dining car crews came with
the car from Penn Central. The rest of the crew was all HICO
employees. |
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Twin
Diner |
Ex-PRR/PC
4621. |
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Coach |
Ex-N&W
coach car 533 or 537. |
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Coach |
Leased
C&O coach car 1627. Returned to the C&O after the GSCL,
but continued to wear the GSCL paint until 'Amtak Day', May
1, 1971. Later to commuter service for the Port Authority of
Allegheny County (PATrain, Pittsburgh), then sold to Shore Line
East in Connecticut. |
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Coach |
Leased
C&O coach car 1636. Returned to the C&O after the GSCL,
but continued to wear the GSCL paint until 'Amtak Day', May
1, 1971.Later to commuter service for the Port Authority of
Allegheny County (PATrain, Pittsburgh), then sold to Shore Line
East in Connecticut. |
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Strata
Dome Coach |
Ex-B&O
5550 HIGH DOME used on the Columbian. Built by Pullman Standard
in 1949. Later Amtrak 9420. Scrapped in November 1980. |
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Coach
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'Rocky
Mountain' Open car. Ex-Canadian Pacific 597. (HICO purchased
it from George M. Hart who purchased it from CP). This six-axle
car had very tall and broad openings where the windows used
to be, making for panoramic viewing of the train, locomotive
and scenery enroute. According to Al Phillips, by around 1979
this car had made it to the British Columbia Railway. Other
reports have it going to the Adirondack Railroad. If you have
any additional info, please
email.
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Observation |
HICO
Observation car Mountain View. Ex-PRR Mountain View used on
the Broadway Limited. Built in 1949. Now at the Railroaders
Memorial Museum in Altoona, PA as PRR 8419 Mountain View.
Amtrak private car 800419. |
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Other
Special Equipment
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Several
other outfits sent special equipment to Ogden as part of the
centennial celebration. The Union Pacific Railroad sent a special
display train consisting of an exhibit car (a converted baggage
car), two flatcars carrying recreations of the two 4-4-0 'Promontory
locomotives' (actually No. 18 Dayton and No. 22 Inyo owned then
by Paramount Pictures. They toured the Union Pacific on its
Golden Spike Expo Train beginning March 4, 1969), and two flatcars
carrying four pieces of 1800s vintage rolling stock. |
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The
United States Army Transportation Corp sent a steam powered
train from Ft. Eustis, VA. It consisted for a USRA 2-8-0 locomotive
#612 and three gold-colored six-axle passenger cars. "From
the Virginia Peninsula to the State of Utah" proclaimed
the locomotive's tender. "Pilgrimage to Promontory"
proclaimed the three passenger cars. The second passenger
car was lettered for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the
third for the U.S. Army Transportation Corp.
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The
Southern Pacific Railroad had a new SD45 locomotive on display
in Ogden, #9000. |
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Acknowledgments
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Research
resources include: Mary Jayne & John Z. Rowe, Al Phillips,
Clovis Butterworth, Jerry Laboda's Passenger
Car Photo Index, George Elwood's Fallen
Flags, Web
Lurker, Drew
Jacksich,
Green
Frog Productions' UP Odyssey Volume 2, The Nickel
Plate Road Historical & Technical Society, Fritz Milhaupt,
J. Henry Priebe Jr., Charlie Murphy. Many thanks to all who
have contributed to keeping track of the histories of the
equipment of the 1969 Golden Spike Centennial Limited!
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