Railroads & Locomotives Locomotives Union Pacific’s General Electric U50C locomotives

Union Pacific’s General Electric U50C locomotives

By Brian Schmidt, Classic Trains Editor | August 1, 2023

These well-intentioned replacements for first-generation power were not efficient

Yellow General Electric U50C locomotives in yard beneath mountain peaks

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