Description
UP was founded in 1862 as the eastern half of the Transcontinental Railroad .
UP was the first railroad to receive five test ES44ACs in early 2003 .
Two orders totaling 201 ES44ACs followed in 2005 . The third UP order was for
100 ES44ACs, numbers 5248 through 5347, and delivered between February and
August 2006 .
The models are from the third UP order . Orders in 2007, 2008 and 2009 bring
the UP total to 756 ES44ACs, with 127 additional units being delivered in 2012 .
UP bought the ES44ACs for general freight service, and they can be seen
systemwide on stack trains, grain trains, manifest trains,
Powder River Coal trains and more . They frequently run on CSX, NS, KCS and CP
lines
Tall front plow Model Features:
Dual trainline hoses
Additional MU stand front and rear
Nose door window
Nose door grab iron
Low front headlight
Low number boards
3-window cab side windows
Desktop control stand
No sunshades
Sinclair antenna
Prime air filter
Air filter
Steerable trucks
Low rear sand filler
Rear high vertical headlights
Long hood end access door
Tall front plow
Bolt-on front sander door
Low front headlight
High number boards
3-window cab side windows
Modernized AAR control stand
Dual cab side blue flag brackets
Sunshades
Prime air filter
Air dryer
Electronic parking brake
Hi-adhesion trucks
Low rear sand filler
Rear high vertical headlight